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.
- Snow in Himalayas Reaches Lowest Level in 23 Years, Threatening Water Supply for Nearly 2 People: Reportby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on April 22, 2025 at 7:46 pm
Snowfall in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region has reached its lowest level in 23 years, threatening almost two billion people who depend on snowmelt […]
- New York State Adds $30 Million to Drive Clean Rebate Program for EVsby Paige Bennett on April 22, 2025 at 7:02 pm
The state of New York is adding $30 million into its Drive Clean Rebate Program, an initiative that provides rebates for the purchase of 60 different electric […]
- Wild Chimpanzees Captured on Camera Eating and Sharing Fermented Fruitsby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on April 21, 2025 at 11:20 pm
Wild chimpanzees have for the first time been captured on camera eating and sharing fermented African breadfruit (Treculia africana) containing alcohol. The […]
- Researchers ‘Shocked’ to Find Toxic Chemicals in Common Children’s Mattressesby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on April 21, 2025 at 9:40 pm
Researchers have found evidence that suggests alarming levels of toxic phthalates, UV filters and flame retardants in the air of children’s bedrooms are […]
- Scientists Find Microplastics in Ovarian Follicular Fluid for the First Timeby Paige Bennett on April 21, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Microplastics have been found in human brains, placentas, testicular tissues, lungs and blood. Now, in a new study, scientists have identified microplastic […]
- A worse-than-current-policy world?on April 21, 2025 at 7:05 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink The world has made real progress toward tacking climate change in recent years, with spending on clean energy […]
- 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16on April 20, 2025 at 3:52 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 13, 2025 thru Sat, April 19, 2025. […]
- Could Microbes Help Fight Climate Change?by Michael Riojas on April 19, 2025 at 6:52 pm
As human-caused climate change continues threatening the way of life for virtually every species on Earth, what if one group of organisms right under (and […]
- Trump Admin Aims to Gut Endangered Species Act Habitat Protectionsby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on April 19, 2025 at 5:15 pm
The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would eliminate endangered species’ habitat protections in the United States. The rule change would […]
- Fact brief - Is climate change a net benefit for society?on April 19, 2025 at 3:02 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 […]
- Roughly One-Sixth of Croplands Globally Polluted With Toxic Heavy Metals, Researchers Sayby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on April 18, 2025 at 11:11 pm
Roughly one-sixth of croplands globally — 14 to 17 percent, or approximately 598 million acres — are contaminated by one or more toxic heavy metals like […]
- NRDC Map Shows Populations With Lead Contamination in Tap Waterby Paige Bennett on April 18, 2025 at 7:30 pm
A new map from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) highlights U.S. populations with higher levels of lead in drinking water. The map builds on […]
- Researchers Say Lab-Grown Chicken Nuggets Are ‘Transformative Step’ for Cultivated Meatby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on April 18, 2025 at 3:28 pm
Researchers have made what they say is a breakthrough in cultivated meat after they successfully produced nugget-sized pieces of chicken in a lab. A bioreactor […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #16 2025on April 17, 2025 at 8:13 pm
Open access notables Recent intensified riverine CO2 emission across the Northern Hemisphere permafrost region, Mu et al., Nature Communications:Global […]
- Climate Adam: Climate Scientist Reacts to Elon Muskon April 16, 2025 at 3:05 pm
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed […]
- EGU2025 - Picking and chosing sessions to attend on site in Viennaon April 14, 2025 at 11:12 pm
This year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place as a fully hybrid conference in both Vienna and online from April 27 to […]
- 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15on April 13, 2025 at 3:47 pm
A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 6, 2025 thru Sat, April 12, 2025. […]
- Fact brief - Is the sun responsible for global warming?on April 12, 2025 at 3:33 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 […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #15 2025on April 10, 2025 at 8:23 pm
Open access notables Global and regional drivers for exceptional climate extremes in 2023-2024: beyond the new normal, Minobe et al., npj Climate and […]
- Renewables allow us to pay less, not twiceon April 9, 2025 at 7:46 pm
This is a re-post from The Electrotech Revolution by Daan Walter Last week, UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch took the stage to advocate for slowing […]
- 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #14on April 6, 2025 at 3:19 pm
A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 30, 2025 thru Sat, April 5, 2025. […]
- Fact brief - Is Mars warming?on April 5, 2025 at 3:19 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 […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #14 2025on April 3, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Open access notables A pronounced decline in northern vegetation resistance to flash droughts from 2001 to 2022, Zhang et al., Nature Communications:Here we […]
- Unforced Variations: Apr 2025by group on April 1, 2025 at 12:16 pm
This month’s open thread for climate topics. Please try to stay focused on climate instead of generic (and tedious) political sniping. The post Unforced […]
- 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13on March 30, 2025 at 3:52 pm
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 23, 2025 thru Sat, March 29, 2025. […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2025on March 27, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Open access notables New coasts emerging from the retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers in the twenty-first century, Kavan et al., Nature […]
- WMO: Update on 2023/4 Anomaliesby Gavin on March 21, 2025 at 2:59 am
The WMO released its (now) annual state of the climate report this week. As well as the (now) standard set of graphs related to increasing greenhouse gas […]
- Andean glaciers have shrunk more than ever before in the entire Holoceneby Stefan on March 19, 2025 at 6:01 pm
Glaciers are important indicators of climate change. A recent study published in the leading journal Science shows that glaciers in the tropical Andes have now […]
- Climate change in Africaby rasmus on March 18, 2025 at 7:03 pm
While there have been some recent set-backs within science and climate research and disturbing news about NOAA, there is also continuing efforts on responding […]
- We need NOAA now more than everby group on March 13, 2025 at 1:13 am
Guest commentary by Robert Hart, Kerry Emanuel, & Lance Bosart The National Weather Service (NWS) and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and […]
- Unforced Variations: Mar 2025by group on March 1, 2025 at 3:52 pm
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- How will media report on this new AMOC study?by Stefan on February 26, 2025 at 4:03 pm
I’ve been getting a lot of media queries about a new paper on the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation), which has just been published. In my […]
- Unforced Variations: Feb 2025by group on February 4, 2025 at 1:34 am
This month’s open thread on climate-related topics. The post Unforced Variations: Feb 2025 first appeared on RealClimate.
- Comparison Update 2024by Gavin on January 27, 2025 at 10:44 pm
One more dot on the graphs for our annual model-observations comparisons updates. Given how extraordinary the last two years have been, there are a few […]
- The AMOC is slowing, it’s stable, it’s slowing, no, yes, …by Stefan on January 26, 2025 at 1:04 pm
There’s been a bit of media whiplash on the issue of AMOC slowing lately – ranging from the AMOC being “on the brink of collapse” to it being “more […]
- Are efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions working? How would we know?by NASA Climate Change on December 16, 2024 at 7:32 pm
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- Global sea levels have risen more than 4 in (102 mm) since measurements began in 1992.by NASA Climate Change on June 27, 2024 at 11:09 pm
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- Why we still need traditional climate models and how they might be improvedby NASA Climate Change on February 27, 2024 at 12:26 am
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