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.

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...

💥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.

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! 🎉

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!

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!

We, as beneficiaries of federal funding should be informed about the history and accomplishments of the NSF. A really good thread. #standupforscience 🧵🧪🧬

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...

"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!

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

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...

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.

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 www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net/about/news_a...

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA. Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

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

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... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!

If the words didn't matter, they wouldn't be trying to stop us writing them. If the pictures didn't matter, they wouldn't be taking them down. If the ideas didn't matter, they wouldn't be trying to stop funding. All of this matters for who we are and we should not remove things in anticipation.

Can you explain your doctoral research through interpretive dance? The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: https://scim.ag/4gKMnz9

@nautil.us magazine interviewed me about AIR-BORNE, and the strangely twisted history of aerobiology nautil.us/life-in-an-a...

My time at a Max Planck Institute was unique and wonderful. Leading a team at one can be an amazing opportunity, and these fellowships are great entry points for female scientists. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

A nice intro into what federal grant indirect costs are used for and why it matters to the economic prosperity of the avg state and the nation. This is a small clip, but she goes into more explanation and examples in the linked article. #KeepScienceFullyFunded

@cwiedinm.bsky.social has co-authored a fantastic conversation article on the massive effort that underpins weather forecasting ☁️🌀🌧️⛅❄️⚡ theconversation.com/noaas-vast-p...

** Almost all of the actions Trump has taken over the last three weeks map directly onto those steps. ** Applebaum in her 2020 book "Twilight of Democracy" warns that democracies become incredibly fragile once their elites abandon democratic norms... 4/9

#ChemTogether. Forever. #RealTimeChem #ChemSky #Chemistry

Government efficiency? How about $575 M investment by NIH for a $1,560 M return (in Colorado alone). I’d like to see any DOGE efforts get anywhere close to a 170% increase on the investment. #NIHinYourState #KeepScienceFullyFunded www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

US military budget: $850 billion US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

Worth a read ⬇️

"A long-time official at Denver Federal Center, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they're concerned the entire campus — the largest concentration of federal agencies outside DC — would be sold to help the federal gov't meet its cost-reduction target." by @nbminor.bsky.social

Interesting overview charts of the breakdown of financial support from NIH and NSF to Colorado universities and other institutions:

Proud to see that the American Assoc for Aerosol Research states unequivocally that #diversity of background and thought adds fundamental value to our work and to society. These values are consistent with what I’ve long witnessed #AAAR works hard to see come to reality. 👏

The recording of last Friday's webinar about the environmental impact of LA fires is now up on YouTube: youtu.be/VBg7wBCoSW8?...

Great summary of concerning new findings about microplastics in the brain. Exposure? "Human exposure to MP through dust ingestion, inhalation of air and food/drinks consumption revealed that indoor air and drinking waters were the main sources of MP." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... /1

In solidarity with our community, my family is supporting #adaywithoutimmigrants by committing not to purchase anything or eat out today, Feb 3. 👇 Immigrants are beloved and an important lifeblood of both our nation and our neighborhood. We pledge our support immigrants & others who are vulnerable.

Early-career atmospheric chemistry colleagues! Click on the link below to learn more about applying to attend the Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and the GRC that follows. www.grc.org/atmospheric-...

NEW: Buckley Space Force Base (Aurora, CO) says it is now functioning as an ICE holding and processing facility #copolitics

BREAKING: The Department of Education will open an investigation into Denver Public Schools for “discriminating against its female students” by creating an all-gender bathroom at East High School, the agency announced Tuesday.

It's #LegoDay, which reminds us of when the toymaker released a set designed by a geoscientist and featuring women scientists working in astronomy, paleontology, and chemistry. ❤️ eos.org/articles/leg...