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Jennifer Krottinger: Designing Ways to Serve

At NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, Jennifer Krottinger pairs her artistic vision with a passion for public service. (2024-03-05)

Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No

Satellite photo of Mount Etna erupting in 2002

New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated. (2024-03-01)

NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere

Photo of the rocket carrying PACE lifting off the launch pad

NASA’s PACE satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity launched successfully into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST, Thursday, February 8. (2024-02-08)

NASA Analysis Confirms 2023 as Warmest Year on Record

Line plot of global temperature anomalies showing the curve for months of 2023 overlying curves of previous years

Earth's average surface temperature in 2023 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Global temperatures last year were around 1.2°C above the 1851-1980 baseline. (2024-01-12)

Five Factors to Explain the Record Heat in 2023

Screen capture from an animation showing the rise of CO2 in Earth;s atmosphere over the past century and how the gas circulates around the globe

NASA announced that 2023 was the hottest year on record. What caused the year to be so hot? Here is a breakdown of the primary factors that scientists considered. (2024-01-13)

New NASA Satellite To Unravel Mysteries About Clouds, Aerosols

Colorful satellite image of clouds over the ocean.

NASA’s upcoming PACE mission will offer important insights on airborne particles of sea salt, smoke, human-made pollutants, and dust by observing how they interact with light. (2023-12-12)

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Recent Publications

Ruane, A.C., M. Phillips, J. Jägermeyr, and C. Müller, 2024: Non-linear climate change impacts on crop yields may mislead stakeholders. Earth's Future, 12, no. 4, e2023EF003842, doi:10.1029/2023EF003842.

Stuart, L., M. Hobbins, E. Neibuhr, A. Ruane, R. Pulwarty, A. Hoell, W. Thiaw, C. Rosenzweig, F. Muñoz-Arriola, M. Jahn, and M. Farrar, 2024: Enhancing global food security: Opportunities for the American Meteorological Society. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 125, no. 4, E760-E777, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0106.1.

Cesana, G., A. Ackerman, A. Fridlind, I. Silber, A. Del Genio, M. Zelinka, H. Chepfer, T. Khadir, and R. Roehrig, 2024: Observational constraint on a feedback from supercooled clouds reduces projected warming uncertainty. Commun. Earth Environ., 5, 181, doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01339-1.

Guarin, J.R., J. Jägermeyr, E.A. Ainsworth, F.A.A. Oliveira, S. Asseng, K. Boote, J. Elliott, L. Emberson, I. Foster, G. Hoogenboom, D. Kelly, A.C. Ruane, and K. Sharps, 2024: Modeling the effects of tropospheric ozone on the growth and yield of global staple crops with DSSAT v4.8.0. Geosci. Model Dev., 17, no. 7, 2547-2567, doi:10.5194/gmd-17-2547-2024.

Cheng, L., K. von Schuckmann, A. Minière, M.Z. Hakuba, S. Purkey, G.A. Schmidt, and Y. Pan, 2024: Ocean heat content in 2023. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ., early on-line, doi:10.1038/s43017-024-00539-9.

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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 at Columbia University 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 the Columbia Climate School and School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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