Author Profile: K M S Cartier

Kimberly M. S. Cartier

Publications from K. M. S. Cartier

People stacking hands on top of each other

News 26 January 2021

Suicide Rates May Rise After Natural Disasters

Rates of suicide increased most dramatically in the second year after a disaster, after many postdisaster mental health assistance programs expire.

Biogeosciences

Green shoots rise from dry, cracked soil.

Feature 25 January 2021

Climate Change Uproots Global Agriculture

Climate change is shifting where ideal growing conditions exist and is leaving farmers behind. How can we secure our future food supply and support the people who grow it?

Geohealth

A metal gate across a rural road during a dust storm in a dry landscape

News 15 December 2020

Long-Term Drought Harms Mental Health in Rural Communities

In rural and remote communities in Australia, psychological distress worsened during the first few years of a prolonged drought. Other signs of poor mental health persisted beyond that time.

Planetary Sciences

Grayscale image of Uranus’s moon, Titania

News 14 December 2020

Do Uranus’s Moons Have Subsurface Oceans?

Scientists tested whether a classic technique could detect subsurface oceans on the moons of Uranus. In this scenario, the planet’s oddball magnetic field offers a big advantage.

Geohealth

An aerial shot of a crew cleaning up an oil spill in a river

News 8 December 2020

El Oleoducto Keystone Derrama 9,120 Barriles de Petróleo en los Humedales de Dakota

La fuga tuvo lugar en una sección pre-existente del oleoducto Keystone. Este es el cuarto derrame del oleoducto en 9 años.

Planetary Sciences

A dark, rocky exoplanet in front of a starry background

News 7 December 2020

Airless Exoplanet’s Mantle Could Flow in Halves

With no atmosphere in the way, measurements of the planet’s surface temperature are the first observational constraints on mantle convection models for an exoplanet.

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Geohealth

Handwritten cardboard signs from a Black Lives Matter protest in Poland, centered on a quote from Angela Davis about antiracism.

News 25 November 2020

Geociencias Comprometidas con la Justicia Racial. Ahora Tenemos Trabajo que Hacer

Quedarse callado es volverse cómplice de nuestra propia destrucción porque el racismo nos destruye a todos. Pero no quedarse callado implica más que hacer declaraciones. También está el silencio colectivo de no hacer nada. —No Time For Silence

Geohealth

A coal ash dump in the foreground with SCI in the background

Feature 10 November 2020

An Unfought Geoscience Battle in U.S. Prisons

Prisoners, activists, and lawyers are fighting to protect incarcerated people from pollution and the dangers of climate change. There’s a place for geoscientists in the fight too.

Climate Change