This page lists all GISS science briefs from the 1990s. More recent briefs are available in the science briefs homepage.

1999

• Oct. 1999: Ocean Turbulence
• Sep. 1999: Simulating Martian Weather with the GISS GCM
• Aug. 1999: Modeling Sahelian Rainfall
• Aug. 1999: Whither U.S. Climate?
• Aug. 1999: Climate and Diet of Mammoths in the East Siberian Arctic
• Aug. 1999: Anomalous Atmospheric Absorption? Or Aerosols
• May 1999: Greenhouse Gas Influence on Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate Trends
• Mar. 1999: Solar Variability, Ozone, and Climate
• Jan. 1999: Why Stars and Planets Exist
• Jan. 1999: Cold Climates, Warm Climates: How Can We Tell Past Temperatures?

1998

• Dec. 1998: The Ancient Treeline and the Carbon Cycle in the Siberian Arctic
• Nov. 1998: What's Wrong with Models of the Stratosphere?
• Sep. 1998: Climate Forcings in the Industrial Era
• July 1998: Galactic Dark Matter May Be Hazardous to Your Health
• July 1998: Serendipit-e
• June 1998: Turbulence
• June 1998: A Stratospheric "Clock" to Measure Upper Atmosphere Circulation
• May 1998: Comparing Temperatures from Different Monthly-Mean Datasets
• Mar. 1998: Water on Mars
• Mar. 1998: Olive Oil, Sun-dried Tomatoes, and Global Warming
• Mar. 1998: Greenhouse Gases: Refining the Role of Carbon Dioxide
• Mar. 1998: Are Increasing Greenhouse Gases Creating an Arctic Ozone Hole?
• Mar. 1998: A Common Sense Climate Index: Is Climate Changing Noticeably?
• Feb. 1998: A Hyperactive Biosphere?
• Feb. 1998: Global Variations in Cloud Water Droplet Concentrations
• Feb. 1998: Jet Contrail Studies Using Polarization Lidar
• Jan. 1998: Telling Time on Mars
• Jan. 1998: Will Climate Change Cause More Atlantic Hurricanes?

1997

• Dec. 1997: Volcanoes and Climate, Past and Present
• Dec. 1997: Precipitation Trends in the 20th Century
• Nov. 1997: Forcings and Chaos in Global Climate Change
• Nov. 1997: Northern Hemisphere Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature Change
• Nov. 1997: A Sense of Where You Are in the Stratosphere
• Oct. 1997: Why Does the Ozone Hole Vary in Size?
• June 1997: Could Airplanes Change the Atmosphere's Temperatures?
• Apr. 1997: How Will the Frequency of Hurricanes be Affected by Climate Change?
• Apr. 1997: Desert Dust, Dust Storms and Climate
• Apr. 1997: Why Do Things Go Bump in Your Flight?
• Mar. 1997: Human Impacts on the Global Water Cycle
• Mar. 1997: ENSO, Seasonal Rainfall Patterns and Zimbabwe Maize Yield
• Mar. 1997: Oh Where Oh Where Does the CO₂ Go?
• Mar. 1997: Tracking Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning
• Mar. 1997: Storms of This Century... and the Next
• Jan. 1997: Pinatubo Climate Investigation

1996

• Dec. 1996: Soil Dust and Climate Change
• Nov. 1996: Galileo Orbiter Photopolarimeter/Radiometer
• Mar. 1996: Climate Forecast: Cloudy, but Slowly Clearing
• Mar. 1996: Cloud Climatology
• Feb. 1996: Can Global Climate Change Abruptly?
• Feb. 1996: Star Light, Star Bright
• Jan. 1996: African Wave Disturbances and African Drought
• Jan. 1996: Sea Level Rise
• Jan. 1996: Climsat

1995

• Dec. 1995: The Winds of Jupiter
• Dec. 1995: How Hot is the Rocket Engine?
• Dec. 1995: Studying Molecular Properties for Aircraft Design