News & Feature Articles
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. (Page 9 of 15)
Wallace Broecker and GISS
GISS scientists remember friend, mentor, research collaborator, and sometimes foil Wally Broecker of the Columbia Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
(2019-03-18)
2018 was Fourth Warmest Year in Continued Warming Trend
Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and NOAA.
(2019-02-06)
Drought Persists in the U.S. Southwest
Persistent drought conditions have spread across the U.S. Southwest, with the Four Corners area standing out as extremely dry.
(2018-11-08)
The New UN Climate Report in One Sentence
The essence of the recent UN/IPCC report about the planetary disruption resulting from the carbon that human activity puts into the atmosphere can be summed up in a single sentence.
(2018-10-19)
GISS Scientists Select Best Institute Paper of 2017
Scientists at NASA/GISS have voted the article “An improved convective ice parameterization for the NASA GISS Global Climate Model and impacts on cloud ice simulation” by Gregory Elsaesser et al. as the top work among over 180 research publications by institute staff published in 2017.
(2018-08-15)
Forecasting Fire
The Global Fire Weather Database accounts for local winds, temperatures, and humidity, while also being the first fire prediction model to include satellite–based precipitation measurements.
(2018-07-03)
Will We Know Life When We See It?
Thousands of planets have been discovered outside our solar system.
If some of them host life, will we be able to recognize it?
(2018-06-25)
Waves of Dust Over the Red Sea
Recent satellite imagery showed waves in the dust clouds blown from the Sahara Desert over the Red Sea.
(2018-06-15)
Long-Term Warming Trend Continued in 2017
Earth's global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA.
(2018-01-18)
Curvy Contrails
Viewing satellite imagery of clouds sometimes reveals curiosities in the sky.
(2017-12-20)
Our Living Planet Shapes the Search for Life Beyond Earth
As we move to the next stage in the search for alien life, the knowledge and tools NASA has developed to study life on Earth will be one of the greatest assets in the quest.
(2017-11-15)
Increasing Resiliency to Extreme Weather
The 2017 hurricane season could be the turning point in planning for climate resilience.
NASA scientists provide risk information for preparatory action.
(2017-11-06)
