Max Boykoff

@maxboykoff.bsky.social

I research climate change thru several projects; Prof in Environmental Studies and CIRES Fellow at CU Boulder, IPCC AR6 WGIII Contributing Author. Born at 328 ppm. drawings credit: John Cook [big], Cal Brackin [small]

Fellow journalists, please join! We have a great group of experts. Excited to chat with @maxboykoff.bsky.social, @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social and @zacklabe.com.

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 3w ago

🔥 Wildfire webinar alert 🔥 Join Covering Climate Now and Climate-Colored Goggles for a special conversation moderated by @sammyroth.bsky.social about wildfires, the climate connection, and how the press can get this story right. NEXT Thursday, July 23, at 12pm ET. RSVP: buff.ly/kxdhgHX

Gooool for TELEMUNDO who not only refuse to run ads during the mandatory hydration breaks, but also straight up just announced that hydration breaks are necessary because of dangerous heat caused by fossil fuel-driven climate change. Bravo Telemundo. #worldcup #futbol

New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. "When policy is largely missing from coverage, so too are the pathways people can imagine for addressing the problem.” 📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...

Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US

CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all

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New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. The work also shows that some news networks are polarized in their coverage. 📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...

Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US

CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all

cires.colorado.edu

Thanks for joining us this morning! We're on our way for an exciting and energized show on Tuesday evening here in Boulder, CO!

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Special treat, got to see rehearsal this morning at the Boulder Theater for the @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu "Stand Up For Climate Comedy" event, organized by @maxboykoff.bsky.social & colleagues. If you're in the area, you must come out for this performance next Tuesday:

"Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided... Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity." Read more from @maxboykoff.bsky.social ⬇️

Max Boykoff@maxboykoff.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/02/28/b... There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13, sent to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov

On Friday, Jan. 23, the United States National Science Foundation posted (NSF) a “Dear Colleague Letter” on its website stating that NSF “invites concepts for efficient and cost-effective operations and management of atmospheric observational platforms, cyberinfrastructure and computing capabilities, and community training on weather and space weather modeling and forecasting.” This brazen message requests expressions of interest in and/or concepts of operation for National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) space weather activities, weather modeling and atmospheric observing capabilities and specifically “ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab (located in Boulder, Colorado) for public or private use.”

"Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided. Through this call to destruction, we effectively squander opportunities here in the U.S. for security, prosperity and positive change. Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity. We must instead re-commit ourselves to collective, just and resilient futures and stop this special-interest sabotage"

'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here https://lnkd.in/gayhdfhN 

There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13. Submitted documents must be limited to “2-3 pages in length per topic addressed.” Responses can be sent to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov.

I welcome you to weigh in with your views. For potential guidance, here is my letter:

Dear National Science Foundation,

I write as an individual private citizen of this country. My views expressed here are personal views and should not be considered as representing organizations at this time. 

I reject the premise of this call for the breakup and breakdown of these platforms, activities, capabilities and collaborations in these challenging time…

"Journalists may be hesitant to connect the dots between ecological and meteorological events, like wildfires, and a changing climate due to the ongoing politicization of climate science." Read the Q&A with CIRES' @maxboykoff.bsky.social about climate change media coverage:

Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025

Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and

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'Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’: Plans to shutter NCAR/UCAR and abandon CAFE standards are the latest mishaps in a Trump 2.0 tragedy..here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Dec 20 2025) open-access here www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/20/b...

Boykoff: Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’

Tuesday, the United States Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) here in Boulder. This threatens the livelihoods of over 800 employee…

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