Author Profile: K M S Cartier

Publications from K. M. S. Cartier

A bulldozer drops a load of freshly mined coal into a waiting truck outside of a mine in New Mexico.

News 27 February 2018

Fossil Energy Sources Win Out in Interior and Energy Budgets

The budgets reflect the administration’s energy and environment priorities by boosting research and development for coal and oil while decreasing funding for clean and renewable energies and environmental protection.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 21 February 2018

Ozone Pollution Maps Show Spikes Amid Broad Declines

Exceptionally comprehensive new maps detail current global concentrations and 15-year trends.

Planetary Sciences

The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment 12-meter telescope

News 2 February 2018

A Decade of Atmospheric Data Aids Black Hole Observers

Astrophysicists are using a global atmospheric model to help them coordinate a multicontinent, radio-frequency observing campaign to gaze at the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Geology & Geophysics

Let geoscience data engage your senses in a new way: through the power of music.

GeoFIZZ 25 January 2018

Dropping the Beat with Some Geoscience Data

Listen to the music of the ice, the turning of the planets, the ringing of rings, the rockin’ of quakes, and the mournful tones of global warming.

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Planetary Sciences

Artist's conception of the K2-138 exoplanet system

News 24 January 2018

Looking to the Future of Exoplanet Science

Upcoming missions seeking to unravel the secrets of exoplanets abound. An informal survey of astronomers revealed which of those projects they most eagerly await.

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Planetary Sciences

An artist’s conception of a portable Martian greenhouse currently being developed at NASA.

News 12 January 2018

Tests Indicate Which Edible Plants Could Thrive on Mars

An undergraduate experiment grew vegetables and herbs in simulated Martian soil under Mars-like reduced daylight. The tasty results suggest that Mars colonists could farm their own produce.

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Climate Change

News 15 December 2017

Boiled or Raw, Snail Shells Keep an Environmental Archive

Snail shells discovered at archaeological sites might still accurately record past weather and vegetation despite being the leftovers of a past meal.

Geology & Geophysics

News 12 December 2017

Fossils Provide New Clues to Tibetan Plateau’s Evolution

The bones of ancient rhinos, elephants, and fish constrain when the Tibetan Plateau rose high enough to prevent migration, a move that forced animals to adapt to high-altitude conditions.

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Atmospheric Sciences