Alex Huffman
@alexhuffman.bsky.social
(bio)aerosol scientist & professor in Chemistry Dept at Univ. Denver; he/him
Artist formerly known as @HuffmanLabDU on the other place.
https://www.huffmangroupdu.com/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5363-9516
Artist formerly known as @HuffmanLabDU on the other place.
https://www.huffmangroupdu.com/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5363-9516
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"Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) spoke against the NCAR amendment."
Update: A bid to safeguard the National Center for Atmospheric Research failed Thursday after the Senate passed a spending package without an amendment to save the center's funding. eos.org/research-and...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) spoke against the NCAR amendment."
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The effort to explicitly protect NCAR during the appropriations process has, unfortunately, been unsuccessful. For now, NCAR is still operating as usual. While the future remains uncertain, and disappointingly entwined with partisan political retribution, the broader fight continues.
Update: A bid to safeguard the National Center for Atmospheric Research failed Thursday after the Senate passed a spending package without an amendment to save the center's funding. eos.org/research-and...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The effort to explicitly protect NCAR during the appropriations process has, unfortunately, been unsuccessful. For now, NCAR is still operating as usual. While the future remains uncertain, and disappointingly entwined with partisan political retribution, the broader fight continues.
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During the interwar period (c. 1918-1939) universities were in economic crisis, rising authoritarianism, ideological polarization & global instability. Sound familiar? What did successful academic leaders do? 🧵⬇️
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
During the interwar period (c. 1918-1939) universities were in economic crisis, rising authoritarianism, ideological polarization & global instability. Sound familiar? What did successful academic leaders do? 🧵⬇️
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I spoke with @carlzimmer.com about our terminated grant on wildfire smoke and homes:
The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14
December 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I spoke with @carlzimmer.com about our terminated grant on wildfire smoke and homes:
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With the strong outpouring for #SaveNCAR, @joeneguse.bsky.social has extended the deadline for members of Congress to sign on to a letter voicing support for #NCAR to Monday.
For more info ➡️➡️ eos.org/research-and...
And to share your support with your reps ➡️➡️ agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
For more info ➡️➡️ eos.org/research-and...
And to share your support with your reps ➡️➡️ agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
With the strong outpouring for #SaveNCAR, @joeneguse.bsky.social has extended the deadline for members of Congress to sign on to a letter voicing support for #NCAR to Monday.
For more info ➡️➡️ eos.org/research-and...
And to share your support with your reps ➡️➡️ agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
For more info ➡️➡️ eos.org/research-and...
And to share your support with your reps ➡️➡️ agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
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NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.
Efforts to dissolve the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social, including closing the center’s headquarters in Boulder, will begin immediately, an official told @usatoday.com 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.
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It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
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Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
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You can do this right now:
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
You can do this right now:
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
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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/...
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)
www.quae-open.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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/...
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!”
www.9news.com/article/weat...
“Gas blower use for an hour is equivalent to driving a gas car from Denver to Los Angeles!”
www.9news.com/article/weat...
September 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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!”
www.9news.com/article/weat...
“Gas blower use for an hour is equivalent to driving a gas car from Denver to Los Angeles!”
www.9news.com/article/weat...
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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.
September 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
💥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.
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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.
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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! 🎉
Congrats on the named day! 🎉
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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! 🎉
Congrats on the named day! 🎉
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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...
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.
www.pbs.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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...
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!
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 ?
media.tenor.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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!
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!
July 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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!
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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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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
June 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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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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...
www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...
RESEARCH BRIDGE FUNDING
Support Bridge Funding for Academic Research+have an immediate impact on groundbreaking initiatives.
www.givecampus.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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...
www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...
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"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!"
New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services
Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"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!"
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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!
Only 10% worry cutting science funding affects their access to this information.
Science has a marketing problem!
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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!
Only 10% worry cutting science funding affects their access to this information.
Science has a marketing problem!
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THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
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.
www.cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
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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...
www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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.
www.ametsoc.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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...
www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...