


Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Research at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, 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.
Location
New York, New York
Founded
January 29, 1961
People
125+
Director
Gavin A. Schmidt
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