Uncover the epic story of ice and bushes in Wisconsin and North America, as he unravels our continent’s glacial previous and the way it has formed the panorama and vegetation we see at present.
Johnson is a geologist and paleobotanist who has been the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of Pure Historical past since 2012. His analysis focuses on fossil crops and the extinction of the dinosaurs, and he has excavated fossils on all continents.
He’s identified for his scientific articles, in style books, museum exhibitions, documentaries, and collaborations with artists. His current PBS reveals embody “Making North America” (2015), “Polar Extremes” (2019), and Ice Age Footprints (2022). His current books embody “Cruisin’ the Fossil Shoreline: The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist alongside the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific” (2018), “Timber are manufactured from Fuel, The Story of Carbon and Local weather” (2021), and “Alaska Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Extra” (2025).
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