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<!DOCTYPE HTML><html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/css/css2104.css" media="all" /> <title>NASA GISS: Climate Change Research Initiative</title> <style> table#stipend { border-collapse:collapse; border:solid gray 1px; width:100% } table#stipend td, table#stipend th { vertical-align:top; padding:3px; margin:0; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center; } table#stipend tr td:first-child { text-align:left; } </style> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="192x192" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-192x192.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-152x152.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="128x128" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-128x128.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="/gfx/apple-touch-icon-76x76.png" /> <meta name="orgcode" content="611" /> <meta name="rno" content="Gavin.A.Schmidt.1" /> <meta name="content-owner" content="Robert.B.Schmunk.1" /> <meta name="webmaster" content="Robert.B.Schmunk.1" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=956, initial-scale=1" /><script id="_fed_an_ua_tag" src="https://dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=NASA&subagency=GISS&yt=true&dclink=true" async="async"></script> </head> <body> <div id="bkg1"><div id="bkg2"></div></div> <div id="page"> <div class="hidden"> <a href="#content" title="Go to Main Content" accesskey="2">Go to Main Content (Accesskey 2)</a><br /><a href="#nav" title="Go to Site Menu" accesskey="3">Go to Site Menu (Accesskey 3)</a></div> <div id="header"> <div id="headerlogo"> <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/"><img src="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/gfx/2013/nasa_x2.png" alt="NASA Logo, National Aeronautics and Space Administration" style="width:140px;height:98px" /></a></div> <div id="centername"> <h1><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a></h1> <h2><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/">Goddard Institute for Space Studies</a></h2></div> <div id="hierarchy"> <h2><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/">Goddard Space Flight Center</a><br /><a href="https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci">Sciences and Exploration Directorate</a><br /><a href="https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth">Earth Sciences Division</a></h2></div></div> <div id="paper"> <div id="content"> <div class="col1a"> <div class="col1b"> <h2>NASA GISS Climate Change Research Initiative</h2> <p> The Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) program is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, year-long STEM engagement, and experiential learning opportunity for educators and graduate students to work directly with NASA scientists and lead research teams in a NASA research project hosted at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory; CUNY City College of Technology in New York City; or NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The summer component of each CCRI project also includes undergraduate and high school interns. </p> <p>Further information about the <b><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/early-career-opportunities/climate-change-research-initiative/"> 2024-2025 CCRI program</a></b> is available at the NASA Earth Science Division's <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/early-career-opportunities/"> Early Career Research Program website</a>. Addtional project detail as well as application submission information is posted on the <a href="https://stemgateway.nasa.gov/public/s/course/a0C3d000001j6UeEAI/climate-change-research-initiative-ccri-experiential-learning-opportunity">NASA STEM Gateway</a> website. </p> </div> <div class="col1b"> <h3 class="bhed">CCRI Education Products</h3> <p>The following NASA-approved educational modules have been produced as part of CCRI research activities.</p> <p>Dulaney, N., 2018: <cite><a href="/edu/res/Dulaney_EarthsEnergyBudgetUnitPlanPortfolio.pdf">Earth's Energy Budgets</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (16.8 MB PDF)</p> <p>Dulaney, N., 2019: <cite><a href="/edu/res/Dulaney_FutureTemperatureProjections.pdf">Future Temperature Projections</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (7.3 MB PDF)</p> <p>Dulaney, N., 2021: <cite><a href="/edu/res/Dulaney_ClimateAndWildfires.pdf">Changes in Climate and Wildfires</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (5.0 MB PDF)</p> <p>Mundo, A., 2021: <cite><a href="/edu/res/Mundo_UrbanSurfaceTemperatures.pdf">Urban Surface Temperatures and the Urban Heat Island Effects</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (9.2 MB PDF)</p> <p>Sebastian, E., C., 2020: <cite><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/edu/res/Sebastian_HeatIsOn.pdf">The Heat is On: Urban Heat Islands, Detection Strategies, and Mitigation Solutions</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (5.1 MB PDF)</p> <p>Wang-Mondaca, C., 2019: <cite><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/edu/res/WangMondaca_Wetlands.pdf">Wetlands</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (7.9 MB PDF)</p> <p>Wang-Mondaca, C., 2021: <cite><a href="/edu/res/WangMondaca_BlueCarbon.pdf">Blue Carbon: Bringing Field Research and ArcGIS Mapping to the High School Classroom</a></cite>. Applied Research STEM Curriculum Unit Portfolio. (2.6 MB PDF)</p> <p class="ednote"> Note: PDF documents require the free <a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/">Adobe Reader</a> or compatible viewing software to be viewed. </p> </div> <div class="col1b"> <h3 class="bhed">CCRI Research Products</h3> <p>The following research journal articles have been produced as part of CCRI research activities.</p> <p>Cesana, G.V., O. Pierpaoli, M. Ottaviani, L. Vu, and Z. Jin, 2024: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/ce08200c.html">The correlation between Arctic sea ice, cloud phase and radiation using A-train satellites</a>. <cite>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</cite>, <b>24</b>, no. 13, 7899-7909, doi:10.5194/acp-24-7899-2024.</p> <p>Chui, A.C., A. Gittelson, E. Sebastian, N. Stamler, and S. Gaffin, 2018: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/ch04210u.html">Urban heat islands and cooler infrastructure — Measuring near-surface temperatures with hand-held infrared cameras</a>. <cite>Urban Clim.</cite>, <b>24</b>, 51-62, doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2017.12.009.</p> <p>Copple, S.P., D.M. Peteet, D. Balk, C. Chang, B. Jones, and M. Tzortziou, 2023: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/co07310h.html">Marsh archive reveals human population history and future implications for estuarine health in Long Island Sound</a>. <cite>Sci. Total Environ.</cite>, 895, 164885, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164885.</p> <p>Jakubowski, H.V., N. Bock, L. Busta, M. Pearce, R.L. Roston, Z.D. Shomo, and C.R. Terrell, 2021: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/ja09300n.html">Introducing climate change into the biochemistry and molecular biology curriculum</a>. <cite>Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ.</cite>, <b>49</b>, no. 2, 167-188, doi:10.1002/bmb.21422.</p> <p>LeGrande, A.N., J.F. Booth, C.M. Naud, C. Ordaz, and J. Crespo, 2024: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/le00010w.html">Just how river-like are atmospheric rivers?</a> <cite>Geophys. Res. Lett.</cite>, <b>51</b>, no. 10, e2023GL105828, doi:10.1029/2023GL105828.</p> <p>McConnell, K., C. Braneon, E. Glenn, N. Stamler, E. Mallen, D.P. John, R. Pandya, J. Abramowitz, G. Fernandez, and C. Rosenzweig, 2022: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/mc08100s.html">A quasi-experimental approach for evaluating the heat mitigation effects of green roofs in Chicago, Illinois</a>. <cite>Sustain. Cities Soc.</cite>, <b>76</b>, 103376, doi:10.1016/j.scs.2021.103376.</p> <p>Ordaz Osorio, C., J.F. Booth, A.N. LeGrande, and C.M. Naud, 2024: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/or09200d.html">Assessing the impact of climate change on atmospheric rivers: A modeling perspective</a>. <cite>J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.</cite>, <b>129</b>, no. 12, e2023JD040074, doi:10.1029/2023JD040074.</p> <p>Pace, G., D. Peteet, M. Dunton, C. Wang-Mondaca, S. Ismail, J. Supino, and J. Nichols, 2021: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/pa01700t.html">Importance of quantifying the full-depth carbon reservoir of Jamaica Bay Salt Marshes, New York</a>. <cite>City Environ. Interact.</cite>, <b>12</b>, 100073, doi:10.1016/j.cacint.2021.100073.</p> <p>Peteet, D.M., J. Nichols, T. Kenna, C. Chang, J. Browne, M. Reza, S. Kovari, L. Liberman, and S. Stern-Protz, 2018: <a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/pubs/abs/pe01700t.html">Sediment starvation destroys New York City marshes' resistance to sea level rise</a>. <cite>Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA</cite>, <b>115</b>, no. 41, 10281-10286, doi:10.1073/pnas.1715392115.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col2a"> <div class="col2b"> <h3 class="bhed">Contact</h3> <p>Please address inquiries about the Climate Change Research Initiative to:</p> <p> Matthew Pearce<br /> NASA Office of STEM Engagement<br /> Goddard Institute for Space Studies<br /> 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025<br /> matthew.d.pearce@nasa.gov<br /> 1 (646) 419-0144 </p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="nav"><h3>Site Menu</h3> <ul id="mnav"> <li><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/">GISS Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/">News & Features</a> <ul class="mnav2"> <li><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/">News & Features Overview</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/projects/">Projects & Groups</a> <ul class="mnav2"> <li><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/projects/">Projects Overview</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/projects/astrobio/">Astrobiology & 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