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.
- 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 […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15on April 12, 2026 at 3:58 pm
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 5, 2026 thru Sat, April 11, 2026. […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #15 2026on April 9, 2026 at 5:20 pm
Open access notables Why we need to explore conflict and competition around solar geoengineering, Möller & Young, PLOS ClimateIn an increasingly […]
- What the Iran conflict means for gas prices, clean energy, and the climateon April 8, 2026 at 8:43 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran have sent oil and gas prices soaring. That could be a boon to cheap, […]
- Fact brief - Do wind turbines utilize land for electricity generation more efficiently than fossil fuels?on April 7, 2026 at 3:08 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 […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #14on April 5, 2026 at 3:28 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 29, 2026 thru Sat, April 4, 2026. […]
- 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 […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #14 2026on April 2, 2026 at 4:35 pm
Open access notablesQuantifying climate loss and damage consistent with a social cost of carbon, Burke et al., NatureClimate change is causing measurable […]
- The ski industry is oddly quiet on climate changeon April 1, 2026 at 7:58 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk s of this writing, every river basin across the entire Western U.S. has below-average snow. […]
- The controversy over deep-sea mining, explainedon March 31, 2026 at 9:33 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Rachel Ramirez or Solomon Pili Kaho’ohalahala, a Native Hawaiian elder known as “Uncle Sol” from the […]
- Using a 20-year period for comparing methane to CO2 is a terrible ideaon March 30, 2026 at 7:22 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Imagine if I told you that the damages from climate change next year are worth 12% less to me than climate damages […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13on March 29, 2026 at 3:17 pm
A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 22, 2026 thru Sat, March 28, 2026. […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2026on March 26, 2026 at 4:54 pm
Open access notablesIndicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence, […]
- The El Niño comethon March 25, 2026 at 8:29 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink El Niño and its sister La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical […]
- Fact brief - Is 'wind-turbine syndrome' a medically recognized diagnosis?on March 24, 2026 at 3:52 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 […]
- How blue California and red Texas became green powerhouseson March 23, 2026 at 7:32 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Despite their polar-opposite politics, California and Texas have achieved the same distinction: They’re both […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12on March 22, 2026 at 3:37 pm
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 15, 2026 thru Sat, March 21, 2026. […]
- The Puzzling Pleistoceneby Gavin on March 18, 2026 at 5:41 pm
The mystery of why the last million or so years of glacial variability are so different to what came before just got more mysterious… It’s easy to […]
- How robust is our accelerometer?by group on March 9, 2026 at 1:15 am
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.
- EPA’s final* ruling on CO2by group on February 13, 2026 at 7:10 pm
The EPA has announced its final* ruling on the CO2 Endangerment Finding. *not even close to final. Notably, they have completely abandoned any reliance on the […]
- The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to readby group on February 9, 2026 at 10:16 pm
For the first time, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) commissioned a chapter on climate science for the manual they put out (with the NASEM) for judges, the […]
- Koonin’s Continuing Calumniesby Gavin on February 7, 2026 at 6:37 pm
At a public event debating the DOE CWG report, Steve Koonin embarrasses himself further. This week there was a bit of a peculiar event at the Civitas Institute […]
- Unforced variations: Feb 2026by group on February 1, 2026 at 5:05 pm
This month’s open thread about climate topics. Try to be substantive and respectful to other commenters. Note: Comments that are abusive and/or repetitive to […]
- Methane 101: Understanding the Second Most Important Greenhouse Gasby EcoWatch on August 5, 2025 at 8:17 pm
By Olivia Rosane and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Quick Key Facts What Is Methane? What has no color or smell and is found in wetlands, cow burps and your basement […]
- New York Finalizes Rule for New Buildings to Be Electricby Paige Bennett on August 4, 2025 at 5:15 pm
New York is now the first state in the U.S. to require new buildings to be built entirely electric, without hookups to fossil fuels including gas, the New York […]
- Mass Die-Off of Western Monarch Butterflies Linked to Pesticides, Study Findsby Paige Bennett on August 1, 2025 at 6:49 pm
A new peer-reviewed study has linked pesticides as a likely cause to a mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies that occurred in 2024. In January 2024, […]
- Deepest-Known Animal Communities Found Almost Six Miles Below Sea Levelby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on August 1, 2025 at 9:55 am
Thousands of mollusks and worms have been discovered by a Chinese submersible in the Mariana Trench, almost six miles below sea level. The new study revealed […]
- Pristine Forest and Endangered Gorilla Habitat at Risk as Half of DRC Opened to Bids for Oil and Gas Drilling: Reportby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 31, 2025 at 6:26 pm
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to many species of rare and endangered wildlife, such as mountain gorillas, eastern lowland gorillas and […]
- Global Hunger Fell Overall in 2024, but Rose in Africa and Western Asia as Climate and Conflict Threaten Progress: UN Reportby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 30, 2025 at 12:01 pm
World hunger fell overall last year, but continued to rise in most of Africa and western Asia, according to a new report — The State of Food Security and […]
- Probiotic Found to Slow Disease Spread Among Florida Coralby Paige Bennett on July 29, 2025 at 6:54 pm
A beneficial bacterial probiotic is restoring hope for mitigating disease spread in corals off the coast of Florida. In a new study, scientists have […]
- Earth Overshoot Day Reaches Record for Earliest Dateby Paige Bennett on July 28, 2025 at 6:46 pm
Earth Overshoot Day is the point in the year when human demand for materials obtained from nature exceeds what the Earth can naturally regenerate in one year. […]
- Earth’s Underground Fungi Networks Need Urgent Protection: Studyby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 25, 2025 at 8:44 pm
The underground fungi networks that help sustain Earth’s ecosystems are in need of urgent conservation action, according to researchers from the Society for […]
- UN’s Top Court Rules That ‘Clean, Healthy’ Environment Is a Human Rightby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 24, 2025 at 7:10 pm
In a landmark finding, the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion stating that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” […]
- 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
By Lauren BillsFor many climate activists, there is one day in April that feels like our Super Bowl, our championship, and our Oscar-winning speech all in […]
- Young Innovators Challenge the Futureby ipacha on April 27, 2022 at 9:47 pm
By Sophia Simmons, World Economic ForumAround the world, youth prepare to gather at Stockholm+50, focusing on nature and resilience, in the lead up to […]
- All I Want for My Earth Day Is Energy Transitionby ipacha on April 22, 2022 at 10:00 pm
Earth Day is always a problem.Every April 22, we pay tribute to the (truly incredible) first Earth Day in 1970, when an estimated 20 million Americans came […]
- Why We’ll Be in Las Vegas This Juneby ipacha on April 21, 2022 at 4:29 pm
Chances are, if you live in Arizona, Nevada, or any other state in the Southwest or Mountain West, you don’t need the latest study to tell you it’s getting […]
- Leveling Up: How Video Games Are Inspiring a New Wave of Climate Activismby ipacha on April 20, 2022 at 10:22 pm
By Lauren BillsWe all need a break from reality sometimes, right? Whether it’s curling up and disappearing into good book or binge watching every episode […]
- Meet Sofía Hernández: A Youth Climate Activist Making a Difference in Costa Ricaby ipacha on April 14, 2022 at 6:21 pm
Each semester, Climate Reality welcomes a group of US-based college students and recent graduates interested in learning more about the climate movement to […]
- The IPCC Report Is What the World Needs to Hear Nowby ipacha on April 7, 2022 at 3:38 pm
There are moments when world events combine to rescue the truth of old lines from mere cliché.The release of the latest landmark report from the UN […]
- Five Women, Five Countries, Five Questions: Meet Climate Shero Nosiphelo Nikaniby ipacha on March 31, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Climate change disproportionately effects women all around the world, and everyday women are stepping up to act on climate to positively impact their […]
- Five Women, Five Countries, Five Questions: Meet Climate Shero Claudia Melladoby ipacha on March 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Climate change disproportionately effects women all around the world, and everyday women are stepping up to act on climate to positively impact their […]