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 Columbia University's Climate School and School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Recent Publications
Pilewskie, J.A., G.V. Cesana, A. Arouf, and T. Vaillant de Guélis, 2026: A new lidar-based observational estimate for a short-term LW high-cloud feedback. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 131, no. 15, e2025JD046222, doi:10.1029/2025JD046222.
Agredazywczuk, P., T. Ouma, M. Barthel, A. Otinga, R. Njoroge, K. Butterbach-Bahl, R. Daelman, J.E. Hickman, W. lbrahim, M. Laub, S. Leitner, A. Shumba, K.L. Tully, S. Wachiye, J. Zheng, M. Bauters, R. Kiese, R. Cardinael, G. Obozinski, J. Six, and E. Harris, 2026: Nitrous oxide emissions across Sub-Saharan Africa: Meta-analysis and data-driven modelling. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles, 40, no. 7, e2026GB009141, doi:10.1029/2026GB009141.
Zhang, Y., S. He, A.N. LeGrande, J. Wang, B. Wee, N. Goodkin, J. Nusbaumer, M. Müller, S.C. Poh, T.T. Hien, and X. Wang, 2026: Quantifying the controls of spatiotemporal variations in precipitation isotopes across Southeast Asia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 692, 120248, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120248.
