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Piers Sellers awarded the 2017 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award

12/14/2016
Each year, the Space Foundation reaches out to the space industry worldwide to gather nominations for the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. Our own Piers Sellers has been selected by unanimous consent of the Foundation's Board of Directors as the recipient of the 2017 Hill Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Space Foundation.

This award recognizes outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to the welfare or betterment of humankind through the exploration, development and use of space, or the use of space technology, information, themes or resources in academic, cultural, industrial or other pursuits of broad benefit to humanity.

Kigali: A Huge Step Forward for Climate

10/27/2016
The Antarctic ozone hole in 2016 was not exactly remarkable. But each year, we publish an annual update because, when strung together over time, the series shows the unparalleled success of the Montreal Protocol in stabilizing the atmosphere.

National Geographic Interview with Dr. Piers Sellers

10/20/2016
Dr. Sellers, featured in the new documentary, Before the Flood, discusses his life and NASA career.
photo of Piers Sellers with Leonardo Dicaprio in front of NASA Hyperwall
Sellers (left) guides Leonardo DiCaprio (right) through a view of global sea-surface temperatures and currents using NASA Goddard's "hyperwall" display.

NASA Facebook Live Event 10/7/16 @1pm EDT: Hurricane Matthew

10/06/2016
"The Science of the Storm" LIVE Friday, Oct. 7 at 1 pm ET with two NASA researchers who will describe the research NASA does on tropical cyclones.

Blog: 6 Ways Earth Observations Tackle Real-World Problems

08/29/2016
On Aug. 10, 2016, the “DEVELOPers” gathered at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to showcase their results. So, how can Earth observations solve real-world problems?

Nordberg Award Winner Piers Sellers receives award from Colleen Hartman and presents memorial lecture.

08/18/2016
Memorial Lecture Photos

Science Jamboree event photos

08/04/2016
The 2016 Science Jamboree was a great success! A collection of 50 photos from the event are available now.

Goddard Scientists Named Fellows of the American Geophysical Union

07/27/2016
Four Goddard scientists were named 2016 fellows of the American Geophysical Union in recognition of their contributions to Earth and space sciences. Claire Parkinson, a senior scientist in Goddard’s Earth Sciences Division; Nat Gopalswamy in the Solar Physics Laboratory; Brent Holben in the Biospheric Sciences Laboratory; and Paul Mahaffy, director of Goddard’s Solar System Exploration Division, were among the 60 new fellows elected this year. The American Geophysical Union established its Fellows Program in 1962, and only 0.1% of the organization’s membership receives this recognition in any given year. The new fellows will be honored in a December 14 ceremony during the American Geophysical Union’s fall 2016 meeting in San Francisco.

Piers Sellers selected for William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science

07/01/2016
Dr. Piers Sellers has been selected as the recipient for the William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science. The award is presented in memory of Dr. Nordberg’s many pioneering accomplishments in the use of space technology in understanding the Earth system. Each year the award is presented to a Goddard civil service employee who best exhibits those qualities of broad scientific perspective, enthusiastic programmatic and technical leadership on the national and international levels, wide recognition by peers, and substantial research accomplishments in understanding Earth system processes, which exemplified Dr. Nordberg’s own career. Congratulations Piers!

Piers Sellers receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal

06/07/2016
On June 2nd, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden presented our very own Piers Sellers, Deputy Director of Sciences and Exploration, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Agency, reserved for those whose “distinguished service, ability, or vision has personally contributed to NASA's advancement of United States’ interests.”

A video of the event is available by clicking on the image below.
Piers Sellers in ISS

Piers Sellers In Greenland

05/13/2016
Piers Sellers' recent trip to Thule, Greenland, is featured in The New Yorker.

Earth Expeditions: Eight New Campaigns in 2016 Span the Planet

04/04/2016
NASA’s Earth Observatory brings you a new view of Earth from above every single day. You also need granular observations that can only be gathered from the ground. And that’s the job of many NASA researchers who embark on expeditions each year, traversing land, air, ice, and sea.

Piers Sellers' CNN interview

03/22/2016
Dr. Piers Sellers appeared as a special guest on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" for a segment about climate change. You can see the interview at this CNN link.

AfriSAR team in Gabon

03/09/2016
The AfriSAR campaign is in its second week of collecting data over different forests of Gabon using airborne radar and laser instruments, UAVSAR and LVIS.

Earth Blog - Welcome to ABoVE

02/29/2016
The laboratory for ABoVE is vast. The field campaign – the Arctic Boreal and Vulnerability Experiment – covers 2.5 million square miles of tundra, mountains, permafrost, lakes, and forests in Alaska and Northwestern Canada.

ESD Personnel Recognized by FLC

02/05/2016
Congratulations to Peggy O'Neill, Vanessa Escobar, Amy McNally, and Grey Nearing who were part of the SMAP Applications Program that won the 2016 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Interagency Partnership Award.

Thomas Reuters 2015 Highly Cited Researchers

01/15/2016
Steven Pawson (610.1), Gavin Schmidt (611), Mian Chin (614), Brent Holben (618), Susanne Bauer (611/CU) and Greg Faluvegi (611/CU) have been named as Thomas Reuters 2015 Highly Cited Researchers. They have been identified as being among the most valuable and significant researchers in the field of Geosciences. Congratulations to all!

Peggy O'Neill Named IEEE Fellow

01/01/2016
Congratulations to Peggy O'Neill for her selection as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the remote sensing of soil moisture. The IEEE Fellow is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, and is bestowed upon a very limited number of Senior Members who have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science, and technology bringing significant value to our society.

AAAS Names NASA Goddard Scientists 2015 Fellows

12/03/2015
Three scientists in the Sciences and Exploration Directorate have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Lucy McFadden (693), Jose Rodriguez (614) and Compton Tucker (618) are among 347 AAAS members awarded this honor for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Congratulations!

Holben selected to receive 2015 Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in Research Award at the AGU Fall Meeting

10/16/2015
Congratulations to Dr. Brent Holben, Biospheric Sciences Lab, for his selection to receive the 2015 Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in Research Award at the AGU Fall Meeting. Brent’s selection is particularly poignant as Brent worked closely with Yoram and embodies Yoram’s legacy of unselfish cooperation here at GSFC.

The award recognizes “Broad influence in atmospheric science through exceptional creativity, inspiration of younger scientists, mentoring, international collaborations, and unselfish cooperation in research” and Brent is cited for “his seminal theoretical and experimental contributions to the remote sensing of clouds and aerosol properties, particularly in the development of AERONET.”

Koster Wins Inaugural AMS Hydrologic Sciences Medal

09/30/2015
Congratulations to Dr. Randy Koster for his selection for the American Meteorological Society’s inaugural Hydrologic Sciences Medal "for ground-breaking contributions to the understanding of land-atmosphere interactions and their effects on hydroclimatic predictability and prediction.”

Platnick wins AMS Verner E. Suomi Award

09/29/2015
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Platnick for winning this year's American Meteorological Society's Verner E. Suomi Award "for cutting-edge research and leadership in spaceborne observations of the atmosphere, particularly remote sensing of cloud properties."

PBS NewsHour Features Glaciers and ICESat-2

09/03/2015
GSFC ICESat-2 scientists Tom Neumann and Thorsten Markus are featured in a two-part PBS NewsHour story on sea level rise research.

Remer, Rosenzweig, and Travis named as 2015 AGU Fellows

07/30/2015
Three Division scientists -- Lorraine Remer, Cynthia Rosenzweig, and Larry Travis -- have been selected by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for the 2015 class of Fellows for their exceptional scientific contributions to Earth Science.

Anne Thompson selected for 2015 AGU Roger Revelle Medal

07/30/2015
Congratulations to Dr. Anne Thompson for her selection for this year's American Geophysical Union's Roger Revelle Medal. This award is given annually to one honoree in recognition for “outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.”
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