Author Profile: K M S Cartier

Kimberly M. S. Cartier

Publications from K. M. S. Cartier

Five people hike through a green-forested area in central Puerto Rico on a sunny day.

News 37 mins ago

Manteniendo el Conocimiento de la Ciencia Indígena Fuera de un Molde Colonial

Un nuevo modelo de trabajo podría ayudar a los científicos a diseñar y facilitar la investigación que cumpla tanto los estándares de ética científica como los culturales, al trabajar con conocimiento indígena acerca del clima y el ambiente.

Planetary Sciences

Nancy Grace Roman stands in front of a scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope

News 21 May 2020

New Space Telescope Named for Nancy Roman, Astronomy Pioneer

Nancy Grace Roman’s namesake telescope will search for distant worlds and the earliest galaxies.

Geohealth

A composite image of the Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere

News 24 April 2020

Eight Lessons from COVID-19 to Guide Our Climate Response

The global response to the ongoing pandemic can teach us how we should, and shouldn’t, respond to the climate crisis. And most important, it shows that we can do something.

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Planetary Sciences

Illustration of lightning at Jupiter’s north pole

Feature 24 April 2020

Planetary Lightning: Same Physics, Distant Worlds

Lightning on Earth needs just a few simple ingredients to generate a spark. Those ingredients exist throughout the solar system and beyond.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 20 April 2020

Mountain Streams Exhale More Than Their Share of CO₂

Streams that flow down mountainsides are more turbulent than those that run along forest floors, which leads to faster gas exchange between water and air.

Climate Change

News 14 April 2020

Nonscientists Struggle to Separate Climate Fact from Fiction

People were much worse at identifying false statements about climate change than about general science, and they were overly confident in their answers.

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Biogeosciences

A close view of green grass, black dirt, and sunny blue sky

News 9 April 2020

El Compostaje Humano es el Camino Ecológico a Seguir

Nuestro impacto ambiental no desaparece cuando morimos, pero existe una forma de convertir este impacto en algo positivo.

Climate Change

News 25 March 2020

Reindeer Could Trample Permafrost Thaw

Thick, fluffy snow traps summer’s heat in the top layers of Arctic permafrost even as winter chills the air above. Grazing animals stomp that snow flat.

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Geohealth

Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Station with steam plumes sitting amid green hills

News 20 March 2020

Basalts Turn Carbon into Stone for Permanent Storage

Scientists have shown that mineral carbonation can permanently capture and store carbon quickly enough and safely enough to rise to the challenge of climate change.

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Planetary Sciences