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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.

  • EU Seeks to Boost Domestic Green Energy Production With Net Zero Industry Act
    by Olivia Rosane on March 20, 2023 at 4:58 pm

    The European Union on Thursday unveiled its plan to become a major global player in the green energy transition.  Its Net Zero Industry Act sets a goal of […]

  • Gas stoves pose health risks. Are gas furnaces and other appliances safe to use?
    on March 20, 2023 at 1:45 pm

    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler Poor air quality is a long-standing problem in Los Angeles, where the first major outbreak […]

  • Texas Education Officials Weaken Climate Science in Textbooks
    by Climate Nexus on March 20, 2023 at 1:25 pm

    The Texas State Board of Education changed its guidelines last month to "emphasize the 'positive' aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks," Scott Waldman […]

  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11
    on March 18, 2023 at 4:51 pm

    A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 12, 2023 thru Sat, Mar 18, 2023. Story […]

  • Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Extent Is Fifth Lowest on Record
    by Olivia Rosane on March 17, 2023 at 9:39 pm

    The Arctic sea ice extent for the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2023 is the fifth lowest on record. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced […]

  • Global Freshwater Demand Will Exceed Supply 40% by 2030, Experts Warn
    by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on March 17, 2023 at 8:03 pm

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” in 1798, but, with the world running out of fresh water, the lines, […]

  • Train Derails, Leaks an Estimated 5,000 Gallons of Fuel on Reservation in Washington
    by Paige Bennett on March 17, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    Another train has derailed, this time on the Swinomish Reservation near Anacortes, Washington. The incident, which happened in the early morning hours on […]

  • Forest Recovery Can Offset Some Tropical Deforestation Emissions, But Not All
    by Olivia Rosane on March 17, 2023 at 5:16 pm

    A new study published in Nature Wednesday found that recovering forests in the Amazon, Central Africa and Borneo had offset the greenhouse gas emissions from […]

  • Two Aging UK Coal Plants to Shutter in March Despite Government Requests to Remain on Standby
    by Olivia Rosane on March 17, 2023 at 4:40 pm

    Two aging UK coal plants will close at the end of the winter despite requests by the government to keep them running.  The plants were originally scheduled to […]

  • Meet Europe’s Latest National Park, A Wild River in the Heart of Albania
    by Olivia Rosane on March 17, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    The Vjosa is a more than 400-kilometer (approximately 250 miles) river that flows from Greece’s Pindus Mountains to Albania’s Adriatic coast through the […]

  • Volkswagen Announces Plans for a More Affordable Electric Car
    by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on March 16, 2023 at 11:32 pm

    German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) has announced the details of a new electric car concept — dubbed the ID. 2all — that will sell for less than $26,534. The […]

  • Property Values of Homes Near Solar Farms Appraised in New Study
    by Paige Bennett on March 16, 2023 at 10:45 pm

    Some opponents to solar farms have argued that they will have a major, negative impact on local property values. A new study, and the largest of its kind, […]

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #11 2023
    on March 16, 2023 at 9:44 pm

    Open access notables Jeongmin Yun et al. tag increasing acidifcation as a root cause of changes in behavior of CO2 fluxes below the equator, in Enhanced […]

  • Some new CMIP6 MSU comparisons
    by Gavin on March 16, 2023 at 2:20 pm

    We add some CMIP6 models to the updateable MSU comparisons. The post Some new CMIP6 MSU comparisons first appeared on RealClimate.

  • At a glance - What do the 'Climategate' hacked CRU emails tell us?
    on March 14, 2023 at 3:37 pm

    On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic […]

  • How heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future
    on March 13, 2023 at 7:56 pm

    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Chris Baraniuk It was an engineering problem that had bugged Zhibin Yu for years — but now he had the […]

  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #10
    on March 11, 2023 at 5:46 pm

    A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 5, 2023 thru Sat, Mar 11, 2023. Story of […]

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #10 2023
    on March 9, 2023 at 10:55 pm

    Open access notables What if the natural gas now flowing through natural gas distribution system and burned for heating purposes was replaced by hydrogen […]

  • At a glance - Is Antarctica losing or gaining ice?
    on March 7, 2023 at 3:15 pm

    On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic […]

  • How not to science
    by Gavin on March 6, 2023 at 4:03 am

    A trip down memory lane and a lesson on scientific integrity. The post How not to science first appeared on RealClimate.

  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #9
    on March 4, 2023 at 5:35 pm

    A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Feb 26, 2023 thru Sat, Mar 4, 2023. Story of […]

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #9 2023
    on March 2, 2023 at 9:27 pm

    Open Access Notables From this week's government/NGO section, a welcome report from the United Nations: One Atmosphere: An independent expert review […]

  • Unforced variations: March 2023
    by group on March 1, 2023 at 12:57 pm

    This month’s open thread. Antarctic sea ice anyone? The post Unforced variations: March 2023 first appeared on RealClimate.

  • Challenges and future prospects for climate modeling
    by NASA Climate Change on February 28, 2023 at 10:17 pm
  • At a glance - What has global warming done since 1998?
    on February 28, 2023 at 3:08 pm

    On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic […]

  • Filling an editorial policy hole
    on February 24, 2023 at 3:23 pm

    "Mind the gap." A short while ago we published a blog post discussing the rate of modernization of our energy supply with updated, superior replacements for […]

  • CO2 and the City: Valentine's Day Edition
    by NASA Climate Change on February 23, 2023 at 9:30 pm
  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #8 2023
    on February 23, 2023 at 5:09 pm

    Open access notables Another update on attitudes and beliefs in of US residents is delivered by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication working in […]

  • The Problem with Percentages Errata
    on February 23, 2023 at 3:33 am

    An Error Caught by the Skeptical Science Peer-Review Process In a recent post (read here) I compared electricity generated from fossil fuels and renewable […]

  • Global Warming Broken Down by Latitude Zone: 1880-2022 (Degrees Celsius)
    by NASA Climate Change on February 21, 2023 at 11:31 pm
  • Global Warming Broken Down by Latitude Zone: 1880-2022 (Degrees Fahrenheit)
    by NASA Climate Change on February 21, 2023 at 11:25 pm
  • Climate Spiral: 1880-2022 (Degrees Fahrenheit)
    by NASA Climate Change on February 21, 2023 at 9:49 pm
  • Climate Spiral: 1880-2022 (Degrees Celsius)
    by NASA Climate Change on February 21, 2023 at 9:43 pm
  • Climate change is increasing the risk of a California megaflood
    on February 20, 2023 at 10:00 pm

    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters A sequence of nine atmospheric rivers hammered California during a three-week period in […]

  • The established ground and new ideas
    by rasmus on February 8, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    Science is naturally conservative and the scepticism to new ideas ensures high scientific quality. We have more confidence when different scholars arrive at […]

  • CO2 and the City: Winter Solstice Edition
    by NASA Climate Change on February 6, 2023 at 7:21 pm
  • CO2 and the City: New Years Edition
    by NASA Climate Change on February 6, 2023 at 7:20 pm
  • How much has carbon dioxide increased in a lifetime?
    by NASA Climate Change on February 6, 2023 at 6:40 pm
  • 2022 updates to model-observation comparisons
    by Gavin on February 3, 2023 at 6:03 am

    Our annual post related to the comparisons between long standing records and climate models. The post 2022 updates to model-observation comparisons first […]

  • Unforced variations: Feb 2023
    by group on February 3, 2023 at 12:36 am

    This month’s open thread for climate related topics. Please be constructive, polite, and succinct. The post Unforced variations: Feb 2023 first appeared on […]

  • Studying climate through a spectral lens
    by NASA Climate Change on January 27, 2023 at 11:27 pm
  • 2022 updates to the temperature records
    by Gavin on January 14, 2023 at 2:47 am

    Another January, another annual data point. The post 2022 updates to the temperature records first appeared on RealClimate.

  • Global Warming from 1880 to 2022
    by NASA Climate Change on January 12, 2023 at 5:27 pm
  • Unforced variations: Jan 2023
    by group on January 8, 2023 at 3:00 am

    Starting a little slowly this new year, but here is this month’s open thread. Look out for various updates of the annual 2022 numbers over the next week or […]

  • The Diverse Role of Clouds in Earth's Observed Hemispheric Albedo Symmetry
    by NASA Climate Change on January 6, 2023 at 7:51 pm
  • The water south of Greenland has been cooling, so what causes that?
    by Stefan on December 17, 2022 at 5:55 pm

    Let’s compare two possibilities by a back-of-envelope calculation. (1) Is it due to a reduced heat transport of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning […]

  • Methane Emissions in the United States
    by NASA Climate Change on December 14, 2022 at 8:15 pm
  • Clouds, Precipitation, and Organized Convection
    by NASA Climate Change on December 7, 2022 at 8:45 pm
  • Unforced variations: Dec 2022
    by group on December 3, 2022 at 3:45 pm

    This month’s open thread for climate discussions. Please be constructive and polite. The post Unforced variations: Dec 2022 first appeared on RealClimate.

  • Earth Observations in Support of Climate and Environmental Security
    by NASA Climate Change on November 28, 2022 at 6:27 pm
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