BeyondKONA: Climate

Pesticides are pervasive in the environment — not just as residue on the produce we eat, but in the air we breathe. In the San Joaquin Valley of California, […]

Firefighters took advantage of cooler weather on Wednesday as they battled three wildfires in Southern California — the Bridge Fire, the Airport Fire and the […]

A new map from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reveals the areas of the country that are at biggest risk from landslides. “This new national landslide […]

Open access notables Early knowledge but delays in climate actions: An ecocide case against both transnational oil corporations and national governments, […]

While 155 countries have committed to reducing methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 under the Global Methane Pledge, new research reveals that the world’s […]

Tropical Storm Francine strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it moved through the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night, with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles […]

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk The Inflation Reduction Act is the Biden administration’s signature climate law and the […]

Following the littering of a bag of Cheetos at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, officials are highlighting how even seemingly small amounts of […]

Democratic governments have been using “increasingly harsh, overly broad, and vague” laws against climate activists and protesters, according to a new […]

Colombia — host of the 2024 United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference — was the deadliest country in the world for environmentalists and defenders of […]

For a second consecutive year, sea ice around Antarctica is nearing a record low for the winter season.  Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Program […]

This is a re-post from This is Not CoolHere’s an example of some of the best kind of climate reporting, especially in that it relates to impacts that will […]

A majority of voters in America — including more than half of Republicans — support holding the plastics and fossil fuel industries accountable for […]

This is a re-post from Yale Climate ConnectionsIn February 2021, several severe storms swept across the United States, culminating with one that the Weather […]

A listing of 34 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 1, 2024 thru Sat, September 7, […]

Open access notables Diurnal Temperature Range Trends Differ Below and Above the Melting Point, Pithan & Schatt, Geophysical Research Letters:The […]

This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler I love thermodynamics. Thermodynamics is like your mom: it may not tell you what you can do, but it […]

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daisy Simmons Every summer brings a new spate of headlines about record-breaking heat – for good […]

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Try to be constructive! The post Unforced Variations: Sep 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.

A listing of 34 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 25, 2024 thru Sat, August 31, […]

Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin […]

Open access notables Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades, Larocca et al., The Cryosphere:We mapped the snowline (SL) on […]

A recent paper suggested that ‘climate sensitivity’ derived from a new paleo-CO2 record is around 7.2ºC (for equilibrium climate sensitivity ECS) and […]

This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video […]

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Osha DavidsonFor 20 years now, Ken Nedimyer has been strapping on his scuba gear and diving into the […]

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections At a Republican presidential debate in 2023, several candidates articulated a common sentiment about whose […]

A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 18, 2024 thru Sat, August 24, […]

How should we allocate resources for climate modelling if the goal is to improve climate-related decisions? Higher resolution, machine learning and/or […]

This month’s open thread on climate topics. The post Unforced variations: Aug 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.

This month’s open thread on climate science topics. The post Unforced variations: July 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Please stay focused, minimize repetitive comments, and maintain a half-way decent level of decorum. Thanks! The […]

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 […]

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Many eyes will be focused on whether April temperatures will be the 11th month in row of records… Note that we […]

There has been a lot of commentary about perceived disagreements among climate scientists about whether climate change is, or will soon, accelerate. As with […]

This month’s open thread on climate topics. Lots more discussion about 2023, aerosols, heat content and imbalances to come I expect… Note, comments should […]