Following are news releases, features and updates about research at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies written by NASA news services, GISS personnel, and affiliated offices.
GISS Scientists Select Best Institute Paper of 2024
Scientists at NASA/GISS have voted the journal article “ Modeling atmospheric brown carbon in the GISS ModelE Earth system model” by Maggie DeLessio et al. as the top work among the research publications by institute staff published in 2024.
(2025-04-04)
Temperatures Rising: NASA Confirms 2024 Warmest Year on Record
Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record according to an analysis led by NASA scientists.
Global temperatures in 2024 were 1.28°C above the 1951-1980 baseline.
(2025-01-10)
NASA, Columbia U. Enact Collaborative Space Act Agreement
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Columbia University in New York, enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement to advance research and education opportunities during a signing ceremony on December 16.
(2024-12-18)
NASA Data Reveals Role of Green Spaces in Cooling Cities
A recent study used NASA satellite data to identify a major gap in global resilience to climate change: cities in the Global South have far less green space — and therefore less cooling capacity — than cities in the Global North.
(2024-11-24)
Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024
Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.
(2024-11-20)
NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date
August 2024 set a new monthly temperature record, capping Earth’s hottest summer since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
(2024-09-11)
Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data
More than 100 scientists will participate in a field campaign involving a research vessel and two aircraft this month to verify the accuracy of data collected by NASA’s new PACE satellite: the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission.
(2024-09-04)
NASA Data Shows July 22 Was Earth's Hottest Day on Record
July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023.
(2024-07-29)
El Niño Fades
The natural climate phenomenon contributed to upheavals in temperature and rainfall patterns across the globe.
(2024-07-15)
In the Grip of Global Heat
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
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)
