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Climate Science
Raymond N. Johnson’s monthly column, also in the Press-Republican. Every column since 2009. Also on Substack →
55 columns on Food and farming
April 12, 2026Stable Climate: In Balance; Today: Imbalanced
March 14, 2026Renewables and Electrification: Still Going Strong Everywhere
January 14, 2026The Arctic Is Changing: The John Franklin Expedition
November 8, 2025Our Planet Earth is Rare and So Are Many of its Elements
August 9, 2025Flash Drought, Heat Domes and More
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
December 15, 2024NOAA's 2024 Arctic Report Card says tundra is now a net source of carbon to the atmosphere
October 15, 2024Warmer Ocean Waters, Climate Tidbits, Renewables and More
September 14, 2024Earth Time is Changing and Renewables Too
May 18, 2024Change is in the Air, and That Does Not Mean the Seasons
July 25, 2023Geologists Say We Are in the Holocene Epoch; Others Call it “Anthropocene,” Some, “Pyrocene”
May 15, 2023Perspective: The Nations Clean Power Goals Will Require Changes In
April 8, 2023Connectedness, The Recent Climate IPCC Report, and More
March 15, 2023Youth at Work! … Also, We Now Have a New Mantra, “Electrify Everything.”
November 12, 2022Permafrost Regions: What is Happening There?
October 8, 2022Science and Research: Understanding the Workings of Our Planet
September 15, 2022Transportation and the Transition Revolution
August 22, 2022Time for a Refresher: Basic Climate Change Science and Current Trends
June 14, 2022Let’s Talk About Biomass: Is It Really Part of the Climate Solution?
May 12, 2022PPM Means a Lot in Climate Science: Just Like in Wine or Cooking
March 14, 2022Doomsday Vault, the Black Box and Renewables: Quite A Mix
December 11, 2021Oceans: Our Buddy for Ameliorating Climate Change; But There Are Limits
July 15, 2021An Artist and Science Look at Sea Level Rise, Drought and More
October 15, 2020The Science of Climate Change and the Role of Greenhouse Gases
May 8, 2020Phenology: It’s All In The Timing
November 15, 2019Yes, Carbon Dioxide is really the Problem
September 15, 2019Climate Change and Losses
June 8, 2019Climate, Its Complexity and the Clean Disruption
December 9, 2018Tapas, Tapas and More Tapas; Some Actions, Good and Not so Good, Impacting Climate Change
July 15, 2018Climate Science and Smorgasbord Have a Lot in Common
September 3, 2017Climate Change and Y2K
August 9, 2017Climate Science: It’s Carbon Dioxide Silly!
June 15, 2017Climate Science: Step Forward and Half Step Back
April 2, 2017Climate Change; Whales and Wind Energy
October 2, 2016Is It Sin Nombre or Climate Change?
June 15, 2016Climate Change and Ocean Impacts
February 1, 2015Trees Remove Carbon Dioxide From Air and Help Moderate Earth’s Climate
November 15, 2014War on Coal? Absolutely Not, But We must Stop Burning It
October 5, 2014Climate Change Mission Impossible? Maybe, Maybe Not
August 4, 2014“The Wind of Change is Blowing.....” Climate and Energy
November 3, 2013Coal: An Inexpensive Source of Energy With Many “Externalities”
September 15, 2013Climate Science: Big Numbers, Geography and Land Use Changes
April 8, 2013Climate Change: A Clear and Present Danger
March 15, 2013We May Ignore or Deny It, But Climate Change is Occurring
September 15, 2012A Convergence: New Gardening Map and Temperature Area Records Agree
August 15, 2012Carbon and Its Compounds Have Many Properties
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?July 15, 2011Higher Temperatures and Drought Appear to be the New Norm
January 15, 2011Black Carbon: Part 2 Changing Glaciers in Asia
December 15, 2010Black carbon growing piece of climate change puzzle
February 15, 2010Separating the Seeds from the Chaff
December 15, 2009Permafrost and methane - a chilling story