Everything about Goddard Institute For Space Studies totally explained
The
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at
Columbia University in
New York City, is a component laboratory of NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center Earth-Sun Exploration Division and a unit of
The Earth Institute at Columbia University. Current research at GISS emphasizes a broad study of global
climate change.
GISS was established in May 1961 by
Robert Jastrow to do basic research in space sciences in support of Goddard programs. It was then called the Goddard Space Flight Center Institute for Space Studies but quickly became generally known as the Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
GISS is currently directed by
James Hansen.
News
Climatologists
Drew Shindell and
Gavin Schmidt of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, have received
Scientific American magazine's Top 50 Scientist award
(External Link
) in November 2004.
In 2005 and 2006, Institute Director James Hansen claimed in interviews with the
Washington Post(External Link) and
The New York Times(External Link) that
NASA administrators have tried to influence his public statements about the
causes of climate change. Hansen claimed that NASA public relations staff were ordered to review his public statements and interviews after a December 2005 lecture at the
American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
James Hansen has also appeared on
60 Minutes(External Link) claiming that the
George W. Bush administration edited climate-related press releases reported by federal agencies to make global warming seem less threatening. Hansen said he's unable to speak "freely", without the backlash of other government officials. "In my more than three decades in the government I've never witnessed such restrictions on the ability of scientists to communicate with the public," he said.
Climate change research
A key objective of GISS research is prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century. The research combines analysis of comprehensive global datasets, derived mainly from spacecraft observations, with global models of atmospheric, land surface, and oceanic processes.
As the principal NASA center for Earth observations, Goddard Space Flight Center plays a leading role in global change research. Global change studies at GISS are coordinated with research at other groups within the Earth Sciences Division, including the Laboratory for Atmospheres, Laboratory for Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences, and Earth Observing System science office.
Trivia
Further Information
Get more info on 'Goddard Institute For Space Studies'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://goddard_institute_for_space_studies.totallyexplained.com">Goddard Institute for Space Studies Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
