Alex Huffman

Biological Highways in the Sky - The dispersal of microorganisms, insects and other small life forms via the atmosphere - (EAN13 : 9782759241262) | Quae-Open : Des livres scientifiques en libre accès Biological Highways in the Sky - The dispersal of microorganisms, insects and other small life forms via the atmosphere - (EAN13 : 9782759241262)

Proud to have contributed to this new book about #bioaerosols 🦠 "Biological Highways in the Sky". In chapter 7, we present a summary on the "Release of primary biological aerosol particles from surface waters". Check it out (it's open access!) 👉🏼 www.quae-open.com/product/346/...

I feel for all my friends and colleagues with federal jobs having to face the even greater madness and uncertainty because of this impending shutdown. 🫣

Colorado Front Range had the fewest number of air quality alerts in 15 yrs, per RAQC. Mostly driven by an overall cooler summer, but citizen choices are making a difference too.

“Gas blower use for an hour is equivalent to driving a gas car from Denver to Los Angeles!”
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💥Congratulations💥 to @kprather.bsky.social for receiving the Women in Chemistry Trailblazer Award by the Women Chemists Committee of the San Diego Local Section of @acs.org.

People in conference room at the UN building

The global pledge for healthy indoor air: That clean indoor air is a fundamental human right for protecting health and safeguarding well-being

The momentum for clean indoor air continues to build. I attended the inaugural High-Level Side Event on indoor air quality at the UN General Assembly yesterday. Short remarks by Lidia Morawska @joeallenjoe.bsky.social @isiaq.bsky.social Pres. Kerry Kinney, ASHRAE, WHO, UNEP, many others.

Wonderful that San Diego has recognized @kprather.bsky.social for such important work showing the source of disgusting water & air pollution. The story of their investigation is fascinating like a crime novel, tho also tragic & maddening. today.ucsd.edu/story/tijuan...

Congrats on the named day! 🎉

Clearing the Air: The War on Smog | American Experience | PBS The story of L.A.’s devastating smog problem and the creation of the EPA and the Clean Air Act.

Just watched the powerful new PBS documentary “Clearing the Air: the War on Smog”. My colleague Ellie Browne acted as Science Advisor. Very proud of her! www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

two men are sitting at a table with the caption what would you say you do here ? ALT: two men are sitting at a table with the caption what would you say you do here ?

I’m teaching an undergrad #AerosolScience course & highlighting real-world #careers. Looking for people who work in a job that heavily involves #aerosols in any broadly defined way for students to interview. Could be any aspect of aerosols: industry, engineering, medicine, etc. Want to help? DM me!

Also worth noting this was already very late (11:15 pm Mountain time), so many fireworks were long since launched, but the residual aerosol hung heavy over all the metro areas for hours.

It’s always interesting to see the effect of fireworks on urban air quality. This is a simple snapshot of the #PurpleAir maps in U.S. and Europe tonight, with a bonus of the Colorado Front Range thrown in for good measure. Serious PM concentrations, as always on the 4th of July. Stay healthy!

Ha! I mean, seven at a minimum to communicate you know what you’re doing! 😉

I tell my students that using egregiously additional digits is one of the quickest ways to undermine your own credibility.

We, as beneficiaries of federal funding should be informed about the history and accomplishments of the NSF. A really good thread. #standupforscience
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An insightful “All Trump’s threats are actually confessions” moment. 🤦‍♂️

RESEARCH BRIDGE FUNDING Support Bridge Funding for Academic Research+have an immediate impact on groundbreaking initiatives.

If you’re looking for ways to fight back against the attacks on science & innovation, consider opportunities like today’s #1Day4DU campaign to support funding bridges that help researchers at @UofDenver.bsky.social keep working despite federal grant cancellations.
www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...

Ha! Just yesterday, I talked about the scenes with LJM as an explanation for my daughter of the complexity and history of the current situation.

"Take the time you would have spent complaining about politics online, and use it to write a comment opposing the proposed Office of Personnel Management rule to politicize public services. You can do it in 5 minutes. Deadline is May 23rd!"

90% US people rely on federal science in their daily lives but don't realize it.

Only 10% worry cutting science funding affects their access to this information.

Science has a marketing problem!

Worker safety agency NIOSH lays off most remaining staff Laid-off employees ranged from those working in firefighter health programs, to those approving new respirators.

THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...

Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

This administration plans to eliminate NOAA Research, which costs every American citizen less than a cup of coffee a year. Do you like knowing the weather forecast? Being warned of hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis? It will all go away if the public does not act.

www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

Trends in CO2 - NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory GML conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.

Before humans began mining fossil fuels, CO2 was 280 ppm. Today at Mauna Loa, CO2 is 428. When I was born, it was 315.

3/4 of the fossil fuels that have ever been burned were mined post my birth. We need to stop burning stuff. We need @NOAA to keep these records so we will know whether we have.

Screen capture of the logo for AAAR: American Association for Aerosol Research.

If you are interested in any aspects of research in aerosol particles: air quality, climate, health, atmospheric chemistry, airborne bacteria/viruses, I recommend following @americanaerosol.bsky.social

This is a premier society for aerosol science in America!

AAAR is on Bluesky!!
@americanaerosol.bsky.social

'Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics' is looking for new editors. Consider applying to support top scientific quality and interactive publishing with public peer review. - Share the link with interested, suitable colleagues. @egu.eu

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Illegal dumping grounds off the New Jersey turnpike across from Manhattan in the 1970s

Smog rolling on over Manhattan in the 1970s

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.

Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

Wonderful! Congratulations. 🥳Some happy news on a bleak landscape.

Transatlantic slave routes—View the Movement of 31,041 Slave Ships. Never forget.

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.

secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠