NASA GISS: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

In the Grip of Global Heat

A single graphic an animation showing the heat weave struck the Eastern Hemisphere from June 15 to June 25

Heat waves rolled through parts of Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, leaving vulnerable populations at risk. (2024-06-28)

NASA Analysis Confirms a Year of Monthly Temperature Records

Line plots of the monthly global temperature anomaly showing that the past 12 months are at the top of the charts.

May 2024 was the warmest May on the books, marking a full year of record-high monthly temperatures, NASA scientists found. (2024-06-11)

GISS Scientists Select Best Institute Paper of 2023

Scientists at NASA/GISS have voted the journal article “Atmospheric Response to a Collapse of the North Atlantic Circulation Under a Mid-Range Future Climate Scenario” by Clara Orbe et al. as the top work among the research publications by institute staff published in 2023. (2024-05-06)

Jennifer Krottinger: Designing Ways to Serve

At NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, Jennifer Krottinger pairs her artistic vision with a passion for public service. (2024-03-05)

Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No

Satellite photo of Mount Etna erupting in 2002

New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated. (2024-03-01)

NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere

Photo of the rocket carrying PACE lifting off the launch pad

NASA’s PACE satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity launched successfully into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST, Thursday, February 8. (2024-02-08)

Opportunities

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Recent Publications

Martre, P., S. Dueri, J.R. Guarin, F. Ewert, H. Webber, D. Calderini, G. Molero, M. Reynolds, D. Miralles, G. Garcia, H. Brown, M. George, R. Craigie, J.-P. Cohan, J.-C. Deswarte, G. Slafer, F. Giunta, D. Cammarano, R. Ferrise, T. Gaiser, Y. Gao, Z. Hochman, G. Hoogenboom, L.A. Hunt, K.C. Kersebaum, C. Nendel, G. Padovan, A.C. Ruane, A.K. Srivastava, T. Stella, I. Supit, P. Thorburn, E. Wang, J. Wolf, C. Zhao, Z. Zhao, and S. Asseng, 2024: Global nitrogen needs to improve wheat yield under climate change. Nat. Plants, early on-line, doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01739-3.

McGraw, Z., and L.M. Polvani, 2024: How volcanic aerosols globally inhibit precipitation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, no. 13, e2023GL107930, doi:10.1029/2023GL107930.

Li, L., N.M. Mahowald, M. Gonçalves Ageitos, V. Obiso, R.L. Miller, C. Pérez García-Pando, C. Di Biagio, P. Formenti, P.G. Brodrick, R.N. Clark, R.O. Green, R. Kokaly, G. Swayze, and D.R. Thompson, 2024: Improved constraints on hematite refractive index for estimating climatic effects of dust aerosols. Commun. Earth Environ., 5, no. 1, 295, doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01441-4.

Song, Q., P. Ginoux, M. Gonçalves Ageitos, R.L. Miller, V. Obiso, and C. Pérez García-Pando, 2024: Modeling impacts of dust mineralogy on Earth's radiation and climate. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, no. 12, 7421-7446, doi:10.5194/acp-24-7421-2024.

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About GISS

Research at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man-made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one-time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal and annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.

GISS is located at Columbia University in New York City. The institute is a laboratory in the Earth Sciences Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and is affiliated with the Columbia Climate School and School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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