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Climate Science
Raymond N. Johnson’s monthly column, also in the Press-Republican. Every column since 2009. Also on Substack →
36 columns on Life on the move
September 12, 2026Transitions Often Brings Out Creativity, New Ideas and Solutions
January 14, 2026The Arctic Is Changing: The John Franklin Expedition
June 14, 2025Planet Earth is Still Warming and the Effects Are Obvious
May 17, 2025With Warming Climate, Planting Zones Are Changing: Animals Are Noticing Too
January 15, 2025Information and Individuals Matter; and More Progress
April 8, 2023Connectedness, The Recent Climate IPCC Report, and More
March 15, 2023Youth at Work! … Also, We Now Have a New Mantra, “Electrify Everything.”
July 15, 2022It’s All About Time, Do We Need a New Name for Earth’s Condition Today?
January 7, 2022Greenwashing? What Does This Have to do With Climate Change?
October 15, 2021Oceans, The Twilight Zone, its Wonders and Importance
June 9, 2021Maya Lin, Ghost Trees and Sea Level Rise
May 8, 2021Climate Crises: The New Clock is Ticking, and it’s in Union Square, NYC, No Less
February 13, 2021Transitions, Transitions and More Transitions
October 15, 2020The Science of Climate Change and the Role of Greenhouse Gases
May 8, 2020Phenology: It’s All In The Timing
October 15, 2019Climate Change: Climate Crises, What are We Doing?
September 15, 2019Climate Change and Losses
June 8, 2019Climate, Its Complexity and the Clean Disruption
May 10, 2019Climate Change and the Guard Dog Theory
January 10, 2019Climate Change: People vs. Entrenched Interests
June 15, 2017Climate Science: Step Forward and Half Step Back
May 7, 2017Climate Change and Earth’s Carbon Budget
July 15, 2016Climate Change: A story With Many Characters
October 4, 2015Climate Change, What Me Worry?
February 1, 2015Trees Remove Carbon Dioxide From Air and Help Moderate Earth’s Climate
November 3, 2013Coal: An Inexpensive Source of Energy With Many “Externalities”
July 25, 2013Ocean Temperatures and Fisheries Tell Their Own Climate Change Story
June 15, 2012Oceans Absorbing Lots of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuels: But it Comes With a Cost
February 15, 2012Billions of Dead Trees: the New Canary in a Cage?
October 15, 2011The Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres and Implications for Earth’s Climate
January 15, 2011Black Carbon: Part 2 Changing Glaciers in Asia
October 15, 2010Arctic transformed at hands of climate change
June 15, 2010Earth's climate changes - a long story
April 15, 2010Ice ages: They come and go - but why?August 15, 2009Going north to discuss climate changeMay 15, 2009Climate Change; Insects and Microbes are Moving North - Part II