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.
- Fact brief - Are polar bears endangered?on July 27, 2024 at 3:40 pm
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was updated by John Mason […]
- Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA Announce $575M to Make Coasts More Climate-Resilientby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 26, 2024 at 9:56 pm
United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Commerce […]
- UN Chief Calls for Global Action to Address Deadly Extreme Heatby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 26, 2024 at 8:19 pm
As global temperatures continue to rise, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a worldwide call to action for more effective protection […]
- Tree Bark Can Remove Methane Emissions From the Atmosphere, Study Findsby Paige Bennett on July 26, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Trees aren’t just important for carbon sequestration. According to a new study, trees can also help remove methane from the atmosphere through their bark. […]
- Data Centers in Ireland Overtake All Urban Electricity Use Combinedby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 25, 2024 at 11:39 pm
According to official figures, last year Ireland’s data centers consumed more electricity than all of the country’s urban homes for the first time, […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #30 2024on July 25, 2024 at 9:49 pm
Open access notables Could an extremely cold central European winter such as 1963 happen again despite climate change?, Sippel et al., Weather and Climate […]
- Scientists Discover ‘Dark Oxygen’ on Seafloor, Challenging Ideas on the Origin of Lifeby Michael Riojas on July 25, 2024 at 9:30 pm
Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being created on the ocean seafloor by “polymetallic nodules” that potentially support life, new research in […]
- UN Report: Drive to End World Hunger Falters as 1 in 11 Go Hungryby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 25, 2024 at 7:37 pm
Progress in the fight to end world hunger has been “set back 15 years,” with roughly 733 million people facing hunger in 2023, according to the United […]
- Expanding London’s Low-Emissions Zone Led to Major Air Quality Improvements, Report Findsby Paige Bennett on July 25, 2024 at 6:41 pm
The London ULEZ, or Ultra Low Emission Zone, expanded in August 2023 to cover all of London’s boroughs in order to reduce emissions and air pollution. The […]
- Hydrothermal Explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin Sends Tourists Running for Safetyby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 24, 2024 at 11:01 pm
A hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park sent tourists fleeing for safety on Tuesday. The event occurred in the morning at a group of hot springs […]
- Deadly Typhoon Gaemi Lashes Taiwan After Killing 13 in Philippinesby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on July 24, 2024 at 8:56 pm
The outer band of Typhoon Gaemi has brought heavy rain to much of Taiwan, as well as wind gusts of approximately 150 miles per hour, reported BBC News. Gaemi […]
- Why were the 1930s so hot in North America?on July 24, 2024 at 8:56 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters and Bob Henson Those who’ve trawled social media during heat waves have likely encountered a […]
- 13 Sharks Test Positive for Cocaine Near Brazilby Paige Bennett on July 24, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Scientists have detected cocaine in multiple sharks off the coasts of Brazil, according to a new study. In the study, which was published in the journal […]
- Why is the Texas grid in such bad shape?on July 23, 2024 at 9:07 pm
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew DesslerHeadline from 2021 The Texas grid, run by ERCOT, has had a rough few years. In 2021, winter storm […]
- A major milestone: Global climate pollution may have just peakedon July 22, 2024 at 8:00 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Global society may have finally slammed on the brakes for climate-warming pollution released by human fossil […]
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #29on July 21, 2024 at 3:00 pm
A listing of 32 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, July 14, 2024 thru Sat, July 20, 2024. […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #29 2024on July 18, 2024 at 8:44 pm
Open access notables Improving global temperature datasets to better account for non-uniform warming, Calvert, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological […]
- June 2024: Earth’s 13th-consecutive warmest month on recordon July 17, 2024 at 8:30 pm
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- Plugging a video channel: Dr Gilbzon July 16, 2024 at 3:03 pm
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- Can we air condition our way out of extreme heat?on July 15, 2024 at 7:50 pm
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Air conditioning was initially a symbol of comfort and wealth, enjoyed by the wealthy in theaters […]
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #28on July 14, 2024 at 3:12 pm
A listing of 34 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, July 7, 2024 thru Sat, July 13, 2024. […]
- Fact brief - Were scientists caught falsifying data in the hacked emails incident dubbed 'climategate'?on July 13, 2024 at 3:50 pm
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by John Mason […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #28 2024on July 11, 2024 at 8:41 pm
Open access notables Antarctic Bottom Water Warming, Freshening, and Contraction in the Eastern Bellingshausen Basin, Johnson et al., Geophysical Research […]
- How rural families are saving thousands with electric vehicleson July 9, 2024 at 9:02 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daisy Simmons (Photo credit: Automotive Rhythms / CC BY-NC 2.0)Some people thought Juliana Dockery and […]
- What’s next after Supreme Court curbs regulatory power: More focus on laws’ wording, less on their goalson July 8, 2024 at 7:51 pm
This article by Robin Kundis Craig, Professor of Law, University of Kansas is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the […]
- Unforced variations: July 2024by group on June 30, 2024 at 10:52 pm
This month’s open thread on climate science topics. The post Unforced variations: July 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.
- 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
- Our ocean is changing.by 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 NASA Climate Change on June 8, 2024 at 3:00 pm
- Unforced variations: June 2024by group on June 1, 2024 at 2:05 pm
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- New journal: Nature 2023?by Gavin on May 31, 2024 at 3:02 am
There were a number of media reports today related to , for instance, New Scientist, The Guardian etc. However, this is really just the beginning of what is […]
- Unforced Variations: May 2024by group on May 1, 2024 at 3:56 am
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- Much ado about accelerationby Gavin on April 4, 2024 at 2:44 pm
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- Unforced variations: Apr 2024by group on April 1, 2024 at 10:23 pm
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- Exploring Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Era of Remote Sensing Technologyby NASA Climate Change on March 25, 2024 at 8:12 pm
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- Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission: Applications Meetingby NASA Climate Change on March 5, 2024 at 1:31 am
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- Unforced variations: March 2024by group on March 2, 2024 at 11:35 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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- Unforced variations: Feb 2024by group on February 1, 2024 at 12:32 am
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