Kimberley Miner

Biographic Data

ID6819200
NAMEKimberley Miner
GIVEN NAMESKimberley
FAMILY NAMEMiner
SIGNATUREMINER K
AFFILIATIONSJet Propulsion Laboratory
ORCID0000-0002-1006-1283
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Non-traditional data to inform modern climate science

    Open AccessKimberley Miner, Ethan Wong et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2025

    The global climate is changing rapidly, with cascading impacts across the world. Even though the modern instrument-based record of Earth observations reflects decades of critical work, multi-century time series may be required to understand and forecast key elements of Earth system dynamics. Here, we review the potential uses of non-traditional climate data records—observations reported without using modern instruments or standardized measurement…

  • A sustainable development goal for space

    Open AccessImogen E Napper, Richard C Thompson et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2025

    Earth’s oceans and orbits face a shared challenge: the growing accumulation of debris in our planet’s global commons. Marine debris, especially plastic, has long been a pervasive issue, and the rise of orbital debris from satellites presents a similar threat. This paper explores how insights from marine debris management can inform strategies to tackle the emerging problem of orbital debris. Here we propose strategies based on the waste hierarchy…

  • Do beaver ponds increase methane emissions along Arctic tundra streams

    Open AccessJason A Clark, Ken D Tape et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2023

    Beaver engineering in the Arctic tundra induces hydrologic and geomorphic changes that are favorable to methane (CH 4 ) production. Beaver-mediated methane emissions are driven by inundation of existing vegetation, conversion from lotic to lentic systems, accumulation of organic rich sediments, elevated water tables, anaerobic conditions, and thawing permafrost. Ground-based measurements of CH 4 emissions from beaver ponds in permafrost landscape…

  • Investigating permafrost carbon dynamics in Alaska with artificial intelligence

    Open AccessBradley Gay, Neal J Pastick et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2023

    Positive feedbacks between permafrost degradation and the release of soil carbon into the atmosphere impact land–atmosphere interactions, disrupt the global carbon cycle, and accelerate climate change. The widespread distribution of thawing permafrost is causing a cascade of geophysical and biochemical disturbances with global impacts. Currently, few earth system models account for permafrost carbon feedback (PCF) mechanisms. This research study …

  • Tipping point in North American Arctic-Boreal carbon sink persists in new generation Earth system models despite reduced uncertainty

    Open AccessRenato K Braghiere, Joshua B Fisher et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2023

    Estimating the impacts of climate change on the global carbon cycle relies on projections from Earth system models (ESMs). While ESMs currently project large warming in the high northern latitudes, the magnitude and sign of the future carbon balance of Arctic-Boreal ecosystems are highly uncertain. The new generation of increased complexity ESMs in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC AR6) is intended to imp…

  • Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra

    Open AccessAdrianna Foster, Jonathan Wang et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    Ecosystems in the North American Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) experience a diverse set of disturbances associated with wildfire, permafrost dynamics, geomorphic processes, insect outbreaks and pathogens, extreme weather events, and human activity. Climate warming in the ABZ is occurring at over twice the rate of the global average, and as a result the extent, frequency, and severity of these disturbances are increasing rapidly. Disturbances in the AB…

  • Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation

    Open AccessKimberley Miner, Juliana D’Andrilli et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2021

  • An Overview of Physical Risks in the Mt. Everest Region

    Open AccessKimberley Miner, Kimberley R Miner et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020

    In April and May 2019, as part of National Geographic and Rolex's Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, an interdisciplinary scientific effort conducted a suite of research on the mountain and recognized many changing dynamics, including emergent risks resulting from natural and anthropogenic changes to the biological system. In this Primer, the diverse research teams highlight risks to ecosystem and human health, geologic hazards, and changing cl…

  • Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution—Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest

    Open AccessImogen E Napper, Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020