Climate Change Research Initiative
Following are lists of educator STEM curriculum modules and research publications that have been produced as a part of CCRI.
Curriculum Modules
Dulaney, N., 2018: Earth's Energy Budgets. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (16.8 MB PDF)
Dulaney, N., 2019: Future Temperature Projections. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (7.3 MB PDF)
Dulaney, N., 2021: Changes in Climate and Wildfires. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (5.0 MB PDF)
Mundo, A., 2021: Urban Surface Temperatures and the Urban Heat Island Effects. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (9.2 MB PDF)
Sebastian, E., C., 2020: The Heat is On: Urban Heat Islands, Detection Strategies, and Mitigation Solutions. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (5.1 MB PDF)
Wang-Mondaca, C., 2019: Wetlands. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (7.9 MB PDF)
Wang-Mondaca, C., 2021: Blue Carbon: Bringing Field Research and ArcGIS Mapping to the High School Classroom. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (2.6 MB PDF)
Research Publications
Chui, A.C., A. Gittelson, E. Sebastian, N. Stamler, and S. Gaffin, 2018: Urban heat islands and cooler infrastructure — Measuring near-surface temperatures with hand-held infrared cameras. Urban Clim., 24, 51-62, doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2017.12.009.
Copple, S.P., D.M. Peteet, D. Balk, C. Chang, B. Jones, and M. Tzortziou, 2023: Marsh archive reveals human population history and future implications for estuarine health in Long Island Sound. Sci. Total Environ., 895, 164885, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164885.
Greene, J.A., L. Metlitsky, A. Levine, E. Foley, M. Henry, M. Azarderakhsh, R.A. Blake, and H. Norouzi, 2025: A new perspective on estimating Chlorophyll-a concentrations using machine learning and remote sensing: A case study of New York state lakes. Ecol. Indic., 180, 114316, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114316.
Jakubowski, H.V., N. Bock, L. Busta, M. Pearce, R.L. Roston, Z.D. Shomo, and C.R. Terrell, 2021: Introducing climate change into the biochemistry and molecular biology curriculum. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ., 49, no. 2, 167-188, doi:10.1002/bmb.21422.
LeGrande, A.N., J.F. Booth, C.M. Naud, C. Ordaz, and J. Crespo, 2024: Just how river-like are atmospheric rivers? Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, no. 10, e2023GL105828, doi:10.1029/2023GL105828.
McConnell, K., C. Braneon, E. Glenn, N. Stamler, E. Mallen, D.P. John, R. Pandya, J. Abramowitz, G. Fernandez, and C. Rosenzweig, 2022: A quasi-experimental approach for evaluating the heat mitigation effects of green roofs in Chicago, Illinois. Sustain. Cities Soc., 76, 103376, doi:10.1016/j.scs.2021.103376.
Ordaz Osorio, C., J.F. Booth, A.N. LeGrande, and C.M. Naud, 2024: Assessing the impact of climate change on atmospheric rivers: A modeling perspective. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, no. 12, e2023JD040074, doi:10.1029/2023JD040074.
Pace, G., D. Peteet, M. Dunton, C. Wang-Mondaca, S. Ismail, J. Supino, and J. Nichols, 2021: Importance of quantifying the full-depth carbon reservoir of Jamaica Bay Salt Marshes, New York. City Environ. Interact., 12, 100073, doi:10.1016/j.cacint.2021.100073.
Peteet, D.M., J. Nichols, T. Kenna, C. Chang, J. Browne, M. Reza, S. Kovari, L. Liberman, and S. Stern-Protz, 2018: Sediment starvation destroys New York City marshes' resistance to sea level rise. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 115, no. 41, 10281-10286, doi:10.1073/pnas.1715392115.
Contact
Please address all inquiries about the GISS Climate Change Research Initiative to:
Matthew Pearce
NASA Office of STEM Engagement
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
matthew.d.pearce@nasa.gov
1 (646) 419-0144
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