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Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org

Kimberly M. S. Cartier

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Senior Science Reporter for Eos.org, joined the Eos staff in 2017 after earning her Ph.D. studying extrasolar planets. Kimberly covers space science, climate change, and STEM diversity, justice, and education

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Bringing Climate Projections Down to Size for Water Managers

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 20193 April 2023

Hydrologists are creating watershed-scale projections for water resources managers and tools that managers can use to plan for the effects of climate change.

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Congo Rain Forest Endures a Longer Dry Season

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 July 201929 April 2022

The forest’s dry season has been starting earlier and ending later for decades, making parts of it vulnerable to incursions by drought-resistant ecosystems.

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Marshall Islands Nuclear Contamination Still Dangerously High

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 16 July 201928 February 2022

Today’s radiation levels at some locations were higher than in areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters.

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Places to Celebrate Apollo 11’s Fiftieth Anniversary

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 15 July 20194 October 2022

Apollo 11’s golden anniversary is this weekend, but the celebration lasts all year long.

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Scientists Who Selfie from the Field

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 July 20198 March 2022

How did the research trip go? Better check the selfies—I mean, field log.

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Recycled Glasses Connect Eclipse Watchers Across the Equator

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 2 July 201926 January 2022

Instead of throwing them in the trash, millions donated their slightly used eclipse glasses so that others around the world could share the experience.

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Apollo’s Legacy: 50 Years of Lunar Geology

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 July 201925 March 2022

Samples of the Moon’s surface brought back by Apollo astronauts ushered in a new era of planetary science. Scientists today continue the legacy.

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Spirits Are Flying High for Dragonfly and Titan

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 June 201917 January 2023

We’re sending a mission back to Titan, and it’s time to celebrate.

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Contrails’ Climate Impact Could Triple by 2050

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 June 201913 March 2023

Contrail cirrus clouds have warmed the atmosphere more than all the carbon dioxide from planes since the dawn of aviation and will do so even more in the future.

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Honoring Volcanologist David Johnston as a Hero and a Human

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 June 20192 May 2022

A new biography details the life and legacy of the scientist who died on Mount St. Helens.

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