BeyondKONA: Climate
With each passing year above normal ocean temperatures set new temperature records, fueling stronger and longer El Nino events and superstorms that threaten Hawaii’s residents, environmental assets, and economy.
Hawaii’s sea surface temperature continues to rise; the result of global warming effects on sea and air temperatures caused primarily by human burning of fossil fuels.
West Hawaii’s reef system and many other parts of the state’s island chain have and are experiencing widespread die-off of corals, impacting entire near shore marine ecosystems. Weather and trade wind patterns are changing, the threat of new and stronger super storms is now the new norm, and sea levels continue to rise as Hawai’i remains mostly unprepared for these changes.
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #35 2026on August 27, 2026 at 8:04 pm
Open access notablesCarbon emissions exacerbating the Western US water crisis, Williams et al., Communications Earth & EnvironmenIn the western US, […]
- Trump’s Iran war supercharged EV sales everywhere except the U.S.on August 26, 2026 at 7:15 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Electric vehicle sales are a surprising beneficiary of the Trump presidency – at least outside of the […]
- Fact brief - Do wind turbines release more emissions than burning fossil fuels?on August 25, 2026 at 3:03 pm
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need […]
- Climate Adam - Emissions are Flatlining. So Why’s CO2 Rising at Record Speed?on August 24, 2026 at 3:01 pm
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator and climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #34on August 23, 2026 at 5:00 am
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 16, 2026 thru Sat, August 22, […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #34 2026on August 20, 2026 at 5:10 pm
Open access notablesMarine Heatwaves Overwhelm the Buffering Benefits of Marine Protected Areas: Two Decades of Collapse in a Mediterranean Gorgonian, […]
- Is this El Niño a glimpse of a future, hotter Earth?on August 19, 2026 at 7:39 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler and Zeke Hausfather Global temperatures are predicted to soar due to theEl Niño event that is […]
- Climate Trunk - Scienceon August 18, 2026 at 3:02 pm
In April 2026 we published a guest blog post by John Lang in which he introduced his "Climate Trunk" graphics project and website. Since then, he has been […]
- Raw Data, Wrong Answerson August 17, 2026 at 7:49 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler and Zeke Hausfather This is the second in our three-part series discussing the use of unadjusted […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #33on August 16, 2026 at 3:40 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 9, 2026 thru Sat, August 15, 2026. […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #33 2026on August 13, 2026 at 7:35 pm
Open access notablesMethane Emissions From Wildfires: Trends and Anomalies, Zhu et al., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Wildfires emit smoke […]
- The real energy use of agentic AIon August 12, 2026 at 9:31 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate BrinkAI energy use is a huge and controversial topic at the moment. Credible estimates have AI data centers accounting […]
- Fact brief - Are there enough minerals for solar power expansion to help mitigate climate change?on August 11, 2026 at 4:43 pm
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need […]
- The floods of the future won’t come one at a timeon August 10, 2026 at 8:01 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters When a weak 45-mph tropical storm named Harvey moved through the Lesser Antilles Islands in […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #32on August 9, 2026 at 3:04 pm
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 2, 2026 thru Sat, August 8, 2026. […]
- Unforced Variations: Aug 2026by group on August 3, 2026 at 11:31 am
This month’s open thread on climate topics. The annual ranking horse race is in full swing, discussions of extreme weather abound, Arctic sea ice is reaching […]
- This new El Niño is differentby rasmus on July 8, 2026 at 11:05 am
There is a new El Niño out there and it was officially declared already on June 11 by NOAA. This is both unusually early in the year and very soon since the […]
- Unforced Variations: July 2026by group on July 1, 2026 at 9:13 pm
This month’s open thread on climate topics. Impending El Niño, fossil fuel funded wedges, retirements, heat waves, and the same old, same old, from the […]
- Unforced Variations: June 2026by group on June 1, 2026 at 6:45 am
This month’s open thread on climate topics. Please be respectful and substantive. The post Unforced Variations: June 2026 first appeared on RealClimate.
- “The Arctic Council is not dead”by rasmus on May 30, 2026 at 9:38 am
The 4th UArctic congress on the Faroe islands finished with the message that the Arctic Council is still alive. It has overcome recent setbacks with […]
- Scenarios, schmenarios…by Gavin on May 20, 2026 at 11:16 am
The fantasy version of the normal updating of scenarios for a new round of CMIP simulations doing the rounds is bad faith BS. As climate folk will know, the […]
- Unforced Variations: May 2026by group on May 1, 2026 at 1:23 pm
This month’s open thread on climate topics. El Niño coming (shades of 2023), competitive predictions, ill-advised geo-engineering ideas, and massive shifts […]
- Unforced Variations: Apr 2026by group on April 13, 2026 at 9:25 pm
Somewhat belated open thread for this month! (Oops). Please stick to climate related topics, and remain respectful. The post Unforced Variations: Apr 2026 […]
- A reflection on reflectionby Gavin on April 13, 2026 at 1:35 pm
Confirmation bias and a profound lack of curiosity mark the latest ABC (Anything But Carbon) contrapalooza in DC this week and a decade-old albedo error trips […]
- Spencer’s Shenanigans: Part IIby Gavin on April 4, 2026 at 7:06 pm
We previously highlighted Roy Spencer’s poor practices in comparing models with observations, but we’ve now dug down a little deeper, and it’s not […]
- Don’t Trash the Ironboundby ipacha on May 5, 2022 at 10:30 pm
Map data© Google Imagery ©2022, Bluesky, CNES / Airbus, Landsat / Copernicus, Maxar Technologies, Sanborn, USDA/FPAC/GEOBy Madrid RodnerIn the heart […]
- Faith, Fellowship & Furthering the Climate Movementby ipacha on April 29, 2022 at 5:58 pm
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- Young Innovators Challenge the Futureby ipacha on April 27, 2022 at 9:47 pm
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- All I Want for My Earth Day Is Energy Transitionby ipacha on April 22, 2022 at 10:00 pm
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- Why We’ll Be in Las Vegas This Juneby ipacha on April 21, 2022 at 4:29 pm
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- Leveling Up: How Video Games Are Inspiring a New Wave of Climate Activismby ipacha on April 20, 2022 at 10:22 pm
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- Meet Sofía Hernández: A Youth Climate Activist Making a Difference in Costa Ricaby ipacha on April 14, 2022 at 6:21 pm
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- The IPCC Report Is What the World Needs to Hear Nowby ipacha on April 7, 2022 at 3:38 pm
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- Five Women, Five Countries, Five Questions: Meet Climate Shero Nosiphelo Nikaniby ipacha on March 31, 2022 at 4:00 pm
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- Five Women, Five Countries, Five Questions: Meet Climate Shero Claudia Melladoby ipacha on March 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm
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