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.
Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia
With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
(2026-09-03)
NASA-Supported Study Tracks Carbon Cost of Coastal Erosion
From Texas to Maine, coastal wetlands and marshes are releasing more than 1.45 billion pounds of carbon into the ocean each year, according to new research supported by NASA.
(2026-08-24)
GISS Scientists Select Best Institute Paper of 2025
Scientists at NASA/GISS have voted the journal article “Using machine learning to generate a GISS ModelE calibrated physics ensemble (CPE)” by Gregory Elsaesser et al. as the top work among the research publications by institute staff published in 2025.
(2026-03-30)
NASA Releases Global Temperature Data
Earth's global surface temperature in 2025 was slightly warmer than 2023, but within the margin of error.
Since record-keeping began in 1880, the hottest year on record remains 2024.
(2026-01-14)
Earth's Clouds on the Move
Marine storm cloud zones have shifted poleward and narrowed, and the changes are contributing to our planet’s growing energy imbalance.
(2025-06-17)
Could a Biosignature on an Exoplanet be Detected?
GISS scientists were part of a study exploring the feasibility of searching for signs of life on the surface of a Proxima Centauri b-like planet, the nearest known exoplanet to Earth.
(2025-05-29)
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)
