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.
- Climate Adam - Will 2026 Be The Hottest Year Ever Recorded?on January 14, 2026 at 3:10 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 […]
- Fact brief - Does clearing trees for solar panels release more CO2 than the solar panels would prevent?on January 13, 2026 at 3:34 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 […]
- Where things stand on climate change in 2026on January 12, 2026 at 8:06 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The year that just ended saw numerous records broken on climate and clean energy. It was the second-hottest […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #02on January 11, 2026 at 3:45 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 4, 2026 thru Sat, January 10, […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #2 2026on January 8, 2026 at 9:14 pm
Open access notablesA Long-Term Shift in Flow Regimes over the Antarctic Peninsula, Guarino et al., Journal of ClimateWe present consequences of Antarctic […]
- UK renewables enjoy record year in 2025 – but gas power still riseson January 7, 2026 at 10:06 pm
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- Six climate stories that inspired us in 2025on January 7, 2026 at 1:43 pm
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- AI/ML climate magic?by rasmus on January 5, 2026 at 4:51 pm
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- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #01on January 4, 2026 at 3:34 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 28, 2025 thru Sat, January 3, […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #1 2026on January 1, 2026 at 10:35 pm
Open access notablesEditorial: Surviving the Anthropocene: the 3 E’s under pressing planetary issues, Sanita Lima et al., Frontiers in Ecology and […]
- Unforced variations: Jan 2026by group on January 1, 2026 at 4:57 pm
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- Direct Air Captureon December 30, 2025 at 10:05 pm
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- 1.5ºC and all thatby Gavin on December 29, 2025 at 1:34 am
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- 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52on December 28, 2025 at 3:40 pm
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- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #52 2025on December 25, 2025 at 8:38 pm
Open access notablesSatellite altimetry reveals intensifying global river water level variability, Fang et al., Nature CommunicationsRiver water levels […]
- How climate change broke the Pacific Northwest’s plumbingon December 24, 2025 at 9:51 pm
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- Unforced Variations: Dec 2025by group on December 1, 2025 at 1:57 pm
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- Who should pay?by Gavin on November 30, 2025 at 8:00 pm
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- Site updates etc.by Gavin on November 27, 2025 at 9:54 pm
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- Raising Climate Literacyby group on November 3, 2025 at 2:28 pm
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- Unforced variations: Nov 2025by group on November 1, 2025 at 8:47 pm
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- High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)by Stefan on October 12, 2025 at 10:52 am
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- Unforced variations: Oct 2025by group on October 1, 2025 at 11:25 am
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- Our ocean is changing.by ARHCIVED - NASA Climate Change on June 25, 2024 at 10:06 pm
- Sea levels around the world are rising as a result of human-caused global warming.by ARHCIVED - NASA Climate Change on June 8, 2024 at 3:00 pm
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- 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 […]
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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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