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Climate Science
Raymond N. Johnson’s monthly column, also in the Press-Republican. Every column since 2009. Also on Substack →
99 columns on Ice
October 10, 2026We All Love Records of Some Sort: But Newer Climate Ones Are Not So Good
September 12, 2026Transitions Often Brings Out Creativity, New Ideas and Solutions
July 9, 2026The Arctic: Climate Change is Changing the Chemistry … and More
June 13, 2026He Is on The Way - El-Nino That Is
April 12, 2026Stable Climate: In Balance; Today: Imbalanced
February 14, 2026Climate Science: “Rise of the Renewables”
January 14, 2026The Arctic Is Changing: The John Franklin Expedition
October 11, 2025And The Renewable Energy Story Continues: It is Unstoppable
July 12, 2025Extreme Weather, Climate Change, Global Warming: It is Here
May 17, 2025With Warming Climate, Planting Zones Are Changing: Animals Are Noticing Too
March 15, 2025Climate News and Weather Forecasts, but Climate Data May Be Hard to Find
February 25, 2025The Data Still Stands: Unlike Ice It Will Not Melt Away
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
September 15, 2023This and That; Climate Chaos Has Many Fronts
July 25, 2023Geologists Say We Are in the Holocene Epoch; Others Call it “Anthropocene,” Some, “Pyrocene”
December 15, 2022Antarctica: A Birthday of Sorts, The Antarctic Treaty
November 12, 2022Permafrost Regions: What is Happening There?
September 15, 2022Transportation and the Transition Revolution
July 15, 2022It’s All About Time, Do We Need a New Name for Earth’s Condition Today?
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
November 18, 2021Artists See Climate Change in Paintings; They Do Not Need a Thermometer
September 12, 2021Weather Happenings and Some Peoples Response
August 15, 2021Domes, the Climate Crises and the Energy Transition
July 15, 2021An Artist and Science Look at Sea Level Rise, Drought and More
May 8, 2021Climate Crises: The New Clock is Ticking, and it’s in Union Square, NYC, No Less
March 13, 2021Greenland: A World Apart is Changing
December 15, 2020Climate Change: Banks Are a Major Source of the Problem ... and the Solution
October 15, 2020The Science of Climate Change and the Role of Greenhouse Gases
January 16, 2020Renewable Energy: Coming of Age, Here and Now, and Perhaps Just in Time [?]
December 13, 2019Tuktoyaktuk: An Inuvialuit Town at the Frontline of Climate Change
November 15, 2019Yes, Carbon Dioxide is really the Problem
October 15, 2019Climate Change: Climate Crises, What are We Doing?
September 15, 2019Climate Change and Losses
August 15, 2019Climate Change: Are Trees The Solution?
July 15, 2019Climate Change and the Irony of it all
June 8, 2019Climate, Its Complexity and the Clean Disruption
April 17, 2019Convergence: How Climate Change Brought Two Women Artists Together
March 1, 2018Coal: Are We Beating a Dead Horse?
February 1, 2018Artists Engage the Science of Climate Change
November 15, 2017Climate Change and the Great Disruption
July 2, 2017Climate Change: Let’s Cool it and Talk About Ice
June 15, 2017Climate Science: Step Forward and Half Step Back
May 7, 2017Climate Change and Earth’s Carbon Budget
February 5, 2017Climate Change: Strawberry or Watermelon Ice?
December 6, 2016Climate Change: Our Children’s Trust
November 6, 2016Climate Change Changes Everything
September 15, 2016Yes, Climate Change is Evident, Right Now
August 15, 2016Climate Change: The Story Continues
July 15, 2016Climate Change: A story With Many Characters
April 3, 2016In Climate Science “Little Things Mean a Lot”
March 6, 2016Climate Change: Wit, Whimsy and Sea Level Rise
November 1, 2015A Tale of Three Dimes and Climate Change
October 4, 2015Climate Change, What Me Worry?
September 26, 2015Carbon Atoms, Like Ice Cream, Have Different Flavors Too
August 15, 2015“Laudato Si” (Praise Be to You); Pope Francis Sides With Climate Change
July 15, 2015Permanent Press and Permafrost: Are They Really Permanent?
June 15, 2015Climate Change: “Death by a Thousand Cuts”?
April 30, 2015The Arctic: Still Revealing Its Mystery
November 15, 2014War on Coal? Absolutely Not, But We must Stop Burning It
March 15, 2014Climate Change: Challenges in Getting the Big Picture
February 12, 2014With Climate Change Will Extreme Weather Become the Norm?
October 7, 2013Heat Transport to the Arctic and Corresponding Changes in Climate and Ecology
August 5, 2013Changing Climate, Changes the Jet Stream, which Changes the Weather
June 8, 2013Climate Change: New Milestone Has Been Set
May 6, 2013Climate Science Data: Cherry Picking
April 8, 2013Climate Change: A Clear and Present Danger
March 15, 2013We May Ignore or Deny It, But Climate Change is Occurring
February 15, 2013Three Numbers That Will Define Our Climate Future
January 15, 2013Climate Change Consensus and a Call to “Photovoltaic” Arms
December 15, 2012Climate Change: Recent Past to Present
November 15, 2012Recent Data Continue to Support Climate Change
February 15, 2012Billions of Dead Trees: the New Canary in a Cage?
December 15, 2011Climate Legacies, Past, Present and Future
November 15, 2011The Arctic Climate is Changing and Fast
October 15, 2011The Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres and Implications for Earth’s Climate
August 15, 2011Past Temperature Changes Have Current MeaningJuly 15, 2011Higher Temperatures and Drought Appear to be the New Norm
May 15, 2011Earth's climate system: a study in process
April 15, 2011Climate Science: Indicators of Human Fingerprint on Climate Change
March 15, 2011Weirding Weather and the Human Fingerprint on Climate Change
January 15, 2011Black Carbon: Part 2 Changing Glaciers in Asia
December 15, 2010Black carbon growing piece of climate change puzzle
October 15, 2010Arctic transformed at hands of climate change
September 15, 2010Climate skepticism reminiscent of Galileo's plight
June 15, 2010Earth's climate changes - a long story
May 15, 2010Antarctica: the pole apart
April 15, 2010Ice ages: They come and go - but why?
February 15, 2010Separating the Seeds from the Chaff
January 15, 2010Ozone: It's more than just a gas
December 15, 2009Permafrost and methane - a chilling story
November 15, 2009Greenhouse gases: What are they? Why the concern?
October 15, 2009Climate change in the Champlain Valley, NortheastAugust 15, 2009Going north to discuss climate changeJune 15, 2009Climate Change: And so what's wrong with carbon dioxide anyway?May 15, 2009Climate Change; Insects and Microbes are Moving North - Part IIApril 15, 2009Case of the disappearing ice - Part I