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 #22 2026on May 28, 2026 at 8:14 pm
Open access notablesClimate Change Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Schäfer et al., Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Chang […]
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- On the death of RCP8.5on May 26, 2026 at 8:02 pm
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- RCP8.5 Updateon May 25, 2026 at 8:59 pm
This is a re-post from And Then There's PhysicsIf you’ve been paying attention to the climate debate on social media you might have noticed the RCP8.5 […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #21on May 24, 2026 at 3:44 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 17, 2026 thru Sat, May 23, 2026. […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #21 2026on May 21, 2026 at 6:58 pm
Open access notablesAttribution of UK Temperature Changes to Anthropogenic and Natural Factors, Amos et al., Atmospheric Science LettersUnderstanding the […]
- What’s a ‘super El Niño’? And other El Niño questions, answeredon May 20, 2026 at 8:29 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bob Henson The odds are in El Niño’s favor right now. This natural weather phenomenon, part of the El […]
- 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 […]
- Fact brief - Does electromagnetic radiation from wind turbines pose a threat to human health?on May 19, 2026 at 3:30 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 […]
- Five things you need to know about El Niño’s likely comebackon May 18, 2026 at 8:17 pm
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- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20on May 17, 2026 at 3:06 pm
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- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #20 2026on May 14, 2026 at 4:18 pm
Open access notablesThe Perils of Climate Catastrophism: A Call to Situate Crisis and Change, Bickerstaff, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change […]
- Higher warming predictions for 2026 and 2027on May 13, 2026 at 7:58 pm
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- A look back at ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ 20 years lateron May 12, 2026 at 8:39 pm
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- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #19on May 10, 2026 at 3:30 pm
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- Unforced Variations: May 2026by group on May 1, 2026 at 1:23 pm
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- 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
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- The Puzzling Pleistoceneby Gavin on March 18, 2026 at 5:41 pm
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A new analysis of historical temperatures suggests that things are getting warmer faster, but what does it mean for the future? The post How robust is our […]
- Unforced Variations: Mar 2026by group on March 1, 2026 at 2:59 am
This month’s open thread for climate related topics. The post Unforced Variations: Mar 2026 first appeared on RealClimate.
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- The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to readby group on February 9, 2026 at 10:16 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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- Five Women, Five Countries, Five Questions: Meet Climate Shero Claudia Melladoby ipacha on March 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm
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