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 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.
Recent Publications
Wessinger, S.E., A.D. Rapp, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2025: An unexpected peak in daytime convection initiation weakens diurnal amplitude of tropical oceanic precipitation and cloud cover. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 130, no. 21, e2025JD044399, doi:10.1029/2025JD044399.
Raven, J., M.F. Leone, S. Bhaduri, C. Braneon, D. Corbett, D. Driskell, U. Eicker, J.E. Fernandez, G. Jing, A. Hürlimann, I. Judah, M. Neuman, B. Norman, D. Pamlin, R. Chao, R. Roggema, P. Salehi, A. Shellum, J. Towers, and C. Visconti, 2025: Planning, Urban Design, and Architecture for Climate Action. W. Solecki, M. Pathak, M. Barata, A.S. Barau, M. Dombrov, and C. Rosenzweig, Eds., Elements in Climate Change and Cities: Third Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (ARC3.3). Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781009643894.
Schmidt, G.A., K.D. Mankoff, J.L. Bamber, D. Carroll, D.M. Chandler, V. Coulon, B.J. Davison, M.H. England, P.R. Holland, N.C. Jourdain, Q. Li, J.M. Marson, P. Mathiot, C.R. McMahon, T.A. Moon, R. Mottram, S. Nowicki, A. Olivé Abelló, A.G. Pauling, T. Rackow, and D. Ringeisen, 2025: Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations. Geosci. Model Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-18-8333-2025.
