Outreach
Research on climate, air pollution, and health only matters if it reaches the people making decisions — and the people living with the consequences. Alongside our papers, we spend real effort on science communication: hosting and guesting on podcasts, working with journalists, and serving the broader geoscience–health community.
Minghao is Co-chair of the AGU GeoHealth Section Committee on Communications and Outreach, which produces the podcast GeoHealth Frontlines, and co-hosts the Chinese-language climate and energy podcast 碳笑风生.
Podcasts
- GeoHealth Frontlines — Co-chair, AGU GeoHealth Committee on Communications and Outreach
The AGU GeoHealth Section's podcast, produced by the communications and outreach committee that Minghao co-chairs. Each episode is a conversation with scientists, policymakers, and practitioners working on the world's most pressing environment–health challenges.
Listen on Spotify - 碳笑风生 — Co-host
A Chinese-language podcast on climate change, the energy transition, and sustainable development — covering the science, technology, policy, and economics behind China's carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. Co-hosted with Shangwei Liu, with ~60 episodes to date.
Listen on Apple Podcasts · 小宇宙 - Guest appearances — Interviews
C4E Presents — "Smog We Breathe" (#030), September 2025
The Pressroom Afterhour (TBR News Media) — "From wildfire smoke to public health with SBU Assistant Professor Minghao Qiu", August 2026
Community resources
- Faculty Job Applications: A Guide for Applying to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions — Contributor
A community-written, openly shared guide to the academic job market: what to prepare, how the search process actually works, and what the application materials look like. Lead authors Tianjia Liu and Makoto Kelp; contributors Minghao Qiu, Dien Wu, Yun Hang, and Ellen Considine.
Media coverage
Our work has been covered by:
The New York Times The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal The Economist NPR Bloomberg The Guardian CBS News Los Angeles Times San Francisco Chronicle The Seattle Times New Scientist The Verge The Hill Grist AGU Eos U.S. News & World Report
Grouped below by the research theme each paper belongs to.
1. Wildfire smoke, air quality, and health
- Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the US under future climate change — Nature, 2025 New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Bloomberg, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Stony Brook University News
- Wildfire influence on recent US pollution trends — Nature, 2023 Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CBS News, Stanford News
- Valuing wildfire smoke related mortality benefits from climate mitigation — PNAS, 2026 Bloomberg
- Daily local-level estimates of ambient wildfire smoke PM2.5 for the contiguous US — Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 New York Times, The Guardian, SF Chronicle
2. Climate change, atmospheric composition, and health
- Drought impacts on the electricity system, emissions, and air quality in the western US — PNAS, 2023 The Seattle Times, New Scientist, The Hill, Grist, AGU Eos, Stanford News
3. Environmental, energy, and climate policy
- Can China break the cost curse of nuclear power? — Nature, 2025 New York Times, The Economist
- Impacts of wind power on air quality, premature mortality and exposure disparities in the US — Science Advances, 2022 The Verge, U.S. News & World Report, MIT News, HealthDay
- Quantifying effects of solar power adoption on CO2 emissions reduction — Science Advances, 2025 Stony Brook University News
- Air quality related equity implications of U.S. decarbonization policy — Nature Communications, 2023 MIT News
Coverage links are also listed alongside individual papers on the Publications page.