Minghao Qiu
@minghaoqiu.bsky.social
Environmental scientist: Air quality, climate change, and human health | Assistant Professor @Stony Brook | postdoc @stanford | PhD MIT
https://mhqiu.github.io/
https://mhqiu.github.io/
In this paper out in @nature.com, we documented a surprising trend in nuclear power plant construction costs: China and South Korea showed declines in the cost over time, showing potential for breaking the 'cost curse' of nuclear power.
led by Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and @dankammen.bsky.social
led by Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and @dankammen.bsky.social
Out today in @nature.com with Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and Minghao Qin our paper on nuclear power construction and (early) plant lifetime operation costs.
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social
@harvard.edu @baruch.cuny.edu
Nature 643, 1186-1188 (2025)
doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social
@harvard.edu @baruch.cuny.edu
Nature 643, 1186-1188 (2025)
doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?
Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In this paper out in @nature.com, we documented a surprising trend in nuclear power plant construction costs: China and South Korea showed declines in the cost over time, showing potential for breaking the 'cost curse' of nuclear power.
led by Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and @dankammen.bsky.social
led by Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and @dankammen.bsky.social
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Our new paper shows how recent prescribed (Rx) burns in the western US impacted later wildfires. We find that Rx fires reduced wildfire severity + net smoke emissions, even when factoring in smoke from Rx fires. But, we find that these Rx fires were less effective in the wildland-urban interface.
June 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our new paper shows how recent prescribed (Rx) burns in the western US impacted later wildfires. We find that Rx fires reduced wildfire severity + net smoke emissions, even when factoring in smoke from Rx fires. But, we find that these Rx fires were less effective in the wildland-urban interface.
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What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.
May 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.
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If your work has been impacted by the recent pause and changes in EHP, please check out an announcement from AGU Geohealth Journal @geohealthjournal.bsky.social
We hope your important research can find a home #geohealth
#AGU #SciencePublishing #EnvironmentalHealth
We hope your important research can find a home #geohealth
#AGU #SciencePublishing #EnvironmentalHealth
1/2 - While we feel deeply sorry for the pause of EHP publications, we the AGU GeoHealth journal would like to help! If you have a manuscript that was recently withdrawn from EHP, the AGU GeoHealth journal would be happy to consider your manuscript. If your manuscript has been peer-reviewed...
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If your work has been impacted by the recent pause and changes in EHP, please check out an announcement from AGU Geohealth Journal @geohealthjournal.bsky.social
We hope your important research can find a home #geohealth
#AGU #SciencePublishing #EnvironmentalHealth
We hope your important research can find a home #geohealth
#AGU #SciencePublishing #EnvironmentalHealth
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Please join us for a Panel Discussion -- Sustaining Climate & Health Research: A Conversation with Funders, featuring panelists from NSF, Wellcome Trust, The Rockefeller Foundation, and UCSF.
April 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Please join us for a Panel Discussion -- Sustaining Climate & Health Research: A Conversation with Funders, featuring panelists from NSF, Wellcome Trust, The Rockefeller Foundation, and UCSF.
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@agugeohealth.bsky.social and @ametsoc.org Board on Environment and Health are excited to hold the 2025 Joint AGU/AMS Climate and Health Showcase. This virtual event will feature keynote talks, panel discussions, and engaging sessions on GeoHealth topics. Register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@agugeohealth.bsky.social and @ametsoc.org Board on Environment and Health are excited to hold the 2025 Joint AGU/AMS Climate and Health Showcase. This virtual event will feature keynote talks, panel discussions, and engaging sessions on GeoHealth topics. Register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🌡️🌎❤️🩹 Interested in learning more about the health impacts of climate change-related events? Please join us for our quarterly seminar by @kaichenyale.bsky.social
on Feb 25. Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the impacts of climate change? #climate #epidimiology
on Feb 25. Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the impacts of climate change? #climate #epidimiology
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🌡️🌎❤️🩹 Interested in learning more about the health impacts of climate change-related events? Please join us for our quarterly seminar by @kaichenyale.bsky.social
on Feb 25. Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the impacts of climate change? #climate #epidimiology
on Feb 25. Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the impacts of climate change? #climate #epidimiology
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Need high resolution daily air pollution data for India? We've got you. Great new work led by Ayako Kawano developing satellite+ML-based measures of PM2.5 going back decades, and using it to evaluate recent progress in improving air quality. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Improved daily PM2.5 estimates in India reveal inequalities in recent enhancement of air quality
Developed PM2.5 estimates unveiled inequalities in PM2.5 exposure, emphasizing need for equitable air quality control policies.
www.science.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Need high resolution daily air pollution data for India? We've got you. Great new work led by Ayako Kawano developing satellite+ML-based measures of PM2.5 going back decades, and using it to evaluate recent progress in improving air quality. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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It is both the case that the 2% of the planet that is it United States is remarkably frigid at the moment, and that the world as a whole is at record-warm levels for this day of the year:
January 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
It is both the case that the 2% of the planet that is it United States is remarkably frigid at the moment, and that the world as a whole is at record-warm levels for this day of the year:
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New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023.
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
December 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM
New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023.
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
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3. GeoHealth Reception and Section Gathering on Tuesday, December 10
4. GeoHealth Networking Lunch on Thursday, December 12: All are Welcome!
4. GeoHealth Networking Lunch on Thursday, December 12: All are Welcome!
December 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
3. GeoHealth Reception and Section Gathering on Tuesday, December 10
4. GeoHealth Networking Lunch on Thursday, December 12: All are Welcome!
4. GeoHealth Networking Lunch on Thursday, December 12: All are Welcome!