Nathanael Johnson
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Berkeley, CA, United States
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Past articles by Nathanael:
Save the nukes?
A new breed of nuclear advocates is different: They are climate hawks first and support nuclear power to meet that goal. → Read More
Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent.
The evidence is clear: Climate change is turning forests into scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S. after wildfires. → Read More
What the tiny Tangier Island teaches us about sea level rise
Nestled in the Chesapeake Bay, sea-level rise could make Tangier Island in Virginia could be uninhabitable by 2051. → Read More
A firefighter looks back
For our last issue, we thought you might like to hear from someone who knows fire inside and out. → Read More
How to measure success at COP 26
Judge this 26th COP on its ability to deliver salvation, and it’s assured to fail. But there's a lot negotiators can do. → Read More
California’s Alisal Fire signals that fall wildfire season is underway
Without enough rain, fires could burn along California’s coast into the winter. → Read More
Not even a pandemic can stop solar's epic growth
Lead by Texas and the Southeast, the United States added a record 9.6 gigawatts of utility-scale solar power in 2020. → Read More
You thought the U.S. fire season was bad. Russia’s is much worse.
Climate change has brought record tempertures over 100 degrees Farenheit to the Arctic Circle two years in a row. Now Siberia is ablaze. → Read More
Outpaced: Wildfire control projects are burning up before they can even start
Even though California is moving quickly on wildfire and climate adaption efforts, fires are moving even faster. → Read More
California seeks to make its low-carbon living more affordable
Environmentally friendly cities have closed their doors to new housing, but California got a trio of new laws that allow more people in → Read More
Wildfire smoke claims more than 33,000 lives each year, new study finds
And that number doesn't even account for long-term exposure. → Read More
How one town put politics aside to save itself from fire
Timber Wars tore Ashland, Oregon apart. Wildfire prevention brought it back together. → Read More
The evidence that the world has passed 'peak car'
A look at how transportation could change without an addiction to automobiles. → Read More
As California’s fire season ramps up, “unprecedented” is getting a lot of use
The Caldor and Dixie disasters are just a glimpse of what this fire season could hold. → Read More
The other greenhouse gas: UN report sets the record straight on methane
The recent United Nations IPCC report spotlights methane's role in warming the planet reminding us that it's not only CO2 that matters. → Read More
Good wildfire news? Evidence from the Bootleg Fire supports thinning forests.
A story from the country's largest wildfire offers lessons for a dried-out, overheated West. → Read More
If everything is burning, when does it make sense to rip out a pool?
When you’re trying to make your home more climate-friendly, is any cost too high? → Read More
Tourists are desperate to return to national forests
Dry conditions have put public lands in uncharted territory this summer. That's bad news for tourists and the businesses that depend on them. → Read More
Scientists have long warned climate change threatens our food security. Now they’re finding solutions.
Facing climate change-driven food scarcity, scientists are breeding heat resistant crops to help feed us well into the future. → Read More
Scientists have long warned climate change threatens our food security. Now they’re finding solutions.
We've barely scratched the surface on the potential of plants. → Read More