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Climate Science
Raymond N. Johnson’s monthly column, also in the Press-Republican. Every column since 2009. Also on Substack →
116 columns on Policy and economics
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
August 29, 2026Transitions are Messy and Our Move to Renewables is no Exception
June 13, 2026He Is on The Way - El-Nino That Is
May 9, 2026Climate, Renewables, War: Trying to Make Sense of it All
December 13, 2025Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Rivers
November 8, 2025Our Planet Earth is Rare and So Are Many of its Elements
September 13, 2025All Things Electric: Ferries, Buses, Cars. It’s Happening; Now.
March 15, 2025Climate News and Weather Forecasts, but Climate Data May Be Hard to Find
January 15, 2025Information and Individuals Matter; and More Progress
November 12, 2024The Oceans, Their Complexity and Their Major Role in Earth’s Climate
October 15, 2024Warmer Ocean Waters, Climate Tidbits, Renewables and More
July 15, 2024We Have Been Through Energy Transitions Before
June 15, 2024Dead Trees Can Talk to Us, in a Way; Our National Electrical Grid
May 18, 2024Change is in the Air, and That Does Not Mean the Seasons
March 22, 2024Sea Surface Temperatures are High: Good Chance for Another Record Weather Year
February 10, 2024F.U.D. … A Climate Related Acronym
January 19, 2024“Let’s Do the Numbers,” For Earth’s Climate That Is
December 16, 2023COP 28, … And The Circus Continues
November 15, 2023Dueling Banjo’s: Dueling Energy Report and Giant Oil’s Responsd
October 15, 2023Climate Chaos: Climate Anxiety and the S-Curve
September 15, 2023This and That; Climate Chaos Has Many Fronts
August 19, 2023The “Out of the Mouth of Babes” Proverb Shows the Wisdom of Youth and Helps in Our Fight Against Climate Chaos
July 25, 2023Geologists Say We Are in the Holocene Epoch; Others Call it “Anthropocene,” Some, “Pyrocene”
June 11, 2023Solar: Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transportation and Power Generation
May 15, 2023Perspective: The Nations Clean Power Goals Will Require Changes In
April 8, 2023Connectedness, The Recent Climate IPCC Report, and More
February 10, 2023In Time?: Globally, The World Invested $1.1 Trillion in 2022 on Renewables
January 15, 2023A Distant View of Earth: “Earth Set” from Beyond the Moon
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
August 22, 2022Time for a Refresher: Basic Climate Change Science and Current Trends
July 15, 2022It’s All About Time, Do We Need a New Name for Earth’s Condition Today?
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
April 29, 2022Energy of all Kinds: Plans for Change do Change
February 15, 2022Blue Hydrogen, Green Hydrogen; What’s with these Colors and Their Connection to Climate Change?
January 7, 2022Greenwashing? What Does This Have to do With Climate Change?
December 11, 2021Oceans: Our Buddy for Ameliorating Climate Change; But There Are Limits
November 18, 2021Artists See Climate Change in Paintings; They Do Not Need a Thermometer
October 15, 2021Oceans, The Twilight Zone, its Wonders and Importance
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
February 13, 2021Transitions, Transitions and More Transitions
January 15, 2021We Have a Climate Emissions “Gap” Problem but Solutions Exist
December 15, 2020Climate Change: Banks Are a Major Source of the Problem ... and the Solution
September 15, 2020Supply and Demand: It Matters, and Some Oil Companies Are Getting the Message
August 7, 2020Pandemic or Not, Large Renewables Projects are Moving Forward
July 11, 2020Transitions and Disruptions of the Status Quo
June 11, 2020In New York State the Grid [Not Grill] Just Got Cleaner
April 13, 2020Climate Change, Clean Energy Transition, and now COVID-19
February 15, 2020Small Particles from Combustion of Fossil Fuels Impact Human Health
January 16, 2020Renewable Energy: Coming of Age, Here and Now, and Perhaps Just in Time [?]
November 15, 2019Yes, Carbon Dioxide is really the Problem
October 15, 2019Climate Change: Climate Crises, What are We Doing?
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
December 9, 2018Tapas, Tapas and More Tapas; Some Actions, Good and Not so Good, Impacting Climate Change
November 11, 2018Climate Reports, Warnings and Progress on Renewable Wind Power
October 11, 2018“That thou canst not stir a flower / Without troubling of a star” – Climate and Man
August 12, 2018Summer, Aphelion, Temperature Extremes: Earth's Climate
July 15, 2018Climate Science and Smorgasbord Have a Lot in Common
June 9, 2018Leadership and Climate Change
May 13, 2018“Extra! Extra! Read All About It!”
April 8, 2018ERoEI and Climate Change
March 1, 2018Coal: Are We Beating a Dead Horse?
January 7, 2018The Clean Disruption: Will Help Reduce Emissions Causing Climate Change
December 3, 2017Climate Change: the Clean Disruption Continues
November 15, 2017Climate Change and the Great Disruption
October 7, 2017Climate Change: Carbon Diem
June 15, 2017Climate Science: Step Forward and Half Step Back
April 2, 2017Climate Change; Whales and Wind Energy
March 4, 2017Climate Change and An Earlier Energy Transformation
January 15, 2017Volcanos and Climate Change: It’s All in the Numbers
November 6, 2016Climate Change Changes Everything
September 15, 2016Yes, Climate Change is Evident, Right Now
May 30, 2016Climate Change and the New “Re-new”
December 3, 2015“The Times They Are A-Changing”: Climate Change
October 4, 2015Climate Change, What Me Worry?
September 26, 2015Carbon Atoms, Like Ice Cream, Have Different Flavors Too
May 1, 2015Can One-Half Trillion Dollars Evaporate? Coal and Fossil Fuel Based Investments Can
March 2, 2015Nuclear Energy: “Too Cheap to Meter”?
December 7, 2014Climate Data Continue to Indicate Global Warming
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
June 1, 2014Climate Change: Coal Emissions Impacts us All
May 4, 2014Megatons to Megawatts: all about energy, carbon dioxide emissions
April 5, 2014The Climate is Changing: How About Us?
January 15, 2014Solar: One of Many Renewable Solutions for Our Energy Needs
December 1, 2013Science Supports Changing Climate: Positive Efforts with Renewables Underway
November 3, 2013Coal: An Inexpensive Source of Energy With Many “Externalities”
July 25, 2013Ocean Temperatures and Fisheries Tell Their Own Climate Change Story
June 8, 2013Climate Change: New Milestone Has Been Set
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
November 15, 2012Recent Data Continue to Support Climate Change
October 15, 2012Solar Energy: Clean Source of Electricity for the Planet
September 15, 2012A Convergence: New Gardening Map and Temperature Area Records Agree
July 15, 2012Towards Energy Independence: Blowing in the Wind
June 15, 2012Oceans Absorbing Lots of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuels: But it Comes With a Cost
March 15, 2012We Don’t Have a Carbon Dioxide Problem: We Have an Energy Problem
January 15, 2012Leadership In the Face of Climate Change: Steady but Slow Progress
November 15, 2011The Arctic Climate is Changing and Fast
September 15, 2011Denmark: Unified on Climate and Energy Plan for Future
February 15, 2011Fossil fuel dependence affecting climate change
December 15, 2010Black carbon growing piece of climate change puzzle
September 15, 2010Climate skepticism reminiscent of Galileo's plight
July 15, 2010Events of 2010 fit description of Global Weirding
February 15, 2010Separating the Seeds from the Chaff
January 15, 2010Ozone: It's more than just a gasAugust 15, 2009Going north to discuss climate change
July 15, 2009The carbon dioxide story - cont'd