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.
- Publishing a long overdue explainer about a scientific consensuson November 30, 2022 at 3:47 pm
Recently, we happened upon a neat and detailed article, explaining what a scientific consensus is. This made us realize, that - even though we have a lot of […]
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Modern Slavery Is a Global Problem in All Renewable Energy Supply Chains: New Reportby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 29, 2022 at 8:17 pm
There is growing evidence that clean energy supply chains throughout the world are linked with modern slavery, according to a new report from Australia’s […]
- Serious mistakes found in recent paper by Connolly et al.by rasmus on November 29, 2022 at 8:16 pm
Guest post by Mark Richardson who is a Research Scientist in the Aerosol and Clouds Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of […]
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Portable Wind Turbines Tested by U.S. Department of Energy for Disaster Relief and Military Useby Paige Bennett on November 29, 2022 at 7:40 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have shared the Defense and Disaster Deployable Turbine Project (D3T), a project […]
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Africa’s Shortsighted Focus on Natural Gas Instead of Renewables Risks Stranding Assets and ‘Economic Turmoil,’ Analysts Sayby Climate Nexus on November 29, 2022 at 4:02 pm
Mozambique’s burgeoning methane gas export industry shows the consequences of industrialized nations’ failure to fund developing countries’ expansion of […]
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Rolls-Royce Tests Hydrogen as Fuel in Gas Turbine Jet Engineby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 28, 2022 at 9:39 pm
On a military site in England, a Rolls-Royce AE-2100A gas turbine jet engine — used in regional aircraft all over the world — is undergoing flight tests […]
- How 2022 has substantially, and favorably, changed global climate outlookon November 28, 2022 at 8:47 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Anew analysis by the Global Carbon Budget, published in the journal Earth System Science Data, shows global […]
- 10 Christmas Light Safety Tips for Hanging Lights on Your Roofby Alora Rands on November 28, 2022 at 8:04 pm
With the holiday season in full swing, you might be getting ready to hang colorful outdoor lights around your house. But few homeowners know that hanging […]
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UK Government Could Allow New Onshore Wind Farm Construction by Relaxing 2015 Banby Olivia Rosane on November 28, 2022 at 8:01 pm
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks poised to reverse a default ban on onshore wind farms as the country responds to the climate and energy crises. When […]
- Earth Observations in Support of Climate and Environmental Securityby NASA Climate Change on November 28, 2022 at 6:27 pm
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Canada Expands Its Pollution Pricing Rulesby Paige Bennett on November 28, 2022 at 6:14 pm
Canada is strengthening its pollution pricing rules, which include regulatory charges on fossil fuels as well as a fuel charge for industries. The updated […]
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Illegal Backyard Coal Mining Surges in Poland as Energy Anxiety Outweighs Health and Climateby Climate Nexus on November 28, 2022 at 4:29 pm
The global energy crisis set off by Russia’s war in Ukraine and European reliance on methane gas from Putin’s authoritarian regime has spawned a resurgence […]
- ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Areaby Common Dreams on November 27, 2022 at 7:51 pm
Starting next August, drivers of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay $15 per day to enter an Ultra-Low Emissions Zone expanded to include all of […]
- State, Federal Solar Incentives Help Illinois Feed Mill Slash Energy Costsby Energy News Network on November 27, 2022 at 7:25 pm
At a central Illinois feed mill, electricity from its rural electric co-op was exceeding grain costs as its biggest operating expense. With a new 3-megawatt […]
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2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47on November 26, 2022 at 7:36 pm
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 20, 2022 thru Sat, Nov 26, 2022. Story […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #47 2022on November 24, 2022 at 5:24 pm
Open access notables: Web bulb temperatures verging on unsurvivable are creeping into our world and heading toward familiar. That's the lesson we can infer […]
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2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #46on November 19, 2022 at 9:16 pm
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 13, 2022 thru Sat, Nov 19, 2022. Story […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #46 2022on November 17, 2022 at 5:20 pm
Notables: Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales Arnscheidt and Rothman confirm the stabilizing effect of […]
- New reports spell out climate urgency, shortfalls, needed actionson November 16, 2022 at 9:03 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Michael Svoboda In the weeks leading up to the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations […]
- Don’t get fooled: Electric vehicles really are better for the climateon November 14, 2022 at 8:52 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daisy SimmonsYou may have heard the myth that electric vehicles are just as bad for the climate — or […]
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2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #45on November 12, 2022 at 8:34 pm
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 6, 2022 thru Sat, Nov 12, 2022. Story […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2022on November 10, 2022 at 4:53 pm
Catastrophic reverb Kemp et al. caused prolonged ripples with their paper Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios. One can't help […]
- Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)by NASA Climate Change on November 9, 2022 at 5:55 pm
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Climate change reparations – who pays?on November 8, 2022 at 9:14 pm
This is a re-post from the NZ Newsroom by Kevin Trenberth Climate change reparations are expected to be one of the main issues at COP27, the next round of […]
- Are clean technologies and renewable energies better for the environment than fossil fuels?on November 7, 2022 at 9:13 pm
This is a re-post from the CCL Blog The grand transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a green one is underway. It will involve a fundamental shift in […]
- A Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Makingby NASA Climate Change on November 3, 2022 at 8:40 pm
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #44 2022on November 3, 2022 at 8:40 pm
Notables: Usable, but unused: A critical story of co-producing the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessments. We seem to have all the pieces needed to build […]
- How sea level rise contributes to billions in extra damage during hurricaneson November 1, 2022 at 8:09 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters When Hurricane Ian barreled into the coast of southwest Florida on Sept. 28, the mighty […]
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Unforced variations: Nov 2022by group on November 1, 2022 at 12:46 pm
This month’s open thread. Anyone read Greta Thunberg’s book? or have an opinion about soup? Be substantive, be polite, be talking about climate. The post […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2022on October 27, 2022 at 3:24 pm
Burgess, Pielke Jr. & Ritchie: Doomsayers? We recently highlighted a paper by Kemp et al., Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change […]
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The #ConcordOslo2022 workshopby rasmus on October 25, 2022 at 11:39 am
In recent years, the idea of climate change adaptation has received more and more attention and has become even more urgent with the unfolding of a number of […]
- Scafetta comes back for moreby Gavin on October 11, 2022 at 3:33 am
A new paper from Scafetta and it's almost as bad as the last one. The post Scafetta comes back for more first appeared on RealClimate.
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Unforced variations: Oct 2022by group on October 8, 2022 at 1:53 am
This month’s open thread on climate-related topics (sorry for the slight delay in setting it up). As usual, try to limit yourself to one comment a day, […]
- Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Area 1979-2022, With Graphby NASA Climate Change on October 3, 2022 at 11:57 pm
- New misguided interpretations of the greenhouse effect from William Kininmonthby rasmus on October 1, 2022 at 6:40 am
I have a feeling that we are seeing the start of a new wave of climate change denial and misrepresentation of science. At the same time, CEOs of gas and oil […]
- Watching the detectionsby Gavin on September 25, 2022 at 5:50 pm
The detection and attribution of climate change are based on fundamentally different statistical frameworks and shouldn't be conflated. The post Watching the […]
- A CERES of fortunate events…by Gavin on September 18, 2022 at 9:13 pm
The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. That is long enough to see that there has been a […]
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Unforced variations: Sep 2022by group on September 1, 2022 at 2:24 pm
This month’s open thread on climate topics. Check out the new State of the Climate in 2021 report from NOAA and BAMS. A blast from the past, though yamal-age […]
- Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Riseby NASA Climate Change on August 19, 2022 at 9:29 pm
- Climate impacts of the #IRAby Gavin on August 17, 2022 at 10:40 pm
With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Tuesday Aug 16, the most significant climate legislation in US federal history (so far) became law. […]
- Towards a Worldwide Observing, Forecasting and Attribution System for Air Qualityby NASA Climate Change on August 12, 2022 at 7:05 pm
- Wildfires and Climate Change - Instagram Live with Dr. Liz Hoyby NASA Climate Change on August 10, 2022 at 11:17 pm
- Leveraging commercial & non-profit satellites for Earth system observation continuityby NASA Climate Change on July 25, 2022 at 8:12 pm
- Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 1979-2021 with Area Graphby NASA Climate Change on July 11, 2022 at 6:24 pm
- The U.S. and International Earth Observations from Space Program of Recordby NASA Climate Change on July 8, 2022 at 7:07 pm
- JPL Mini Symposium on Climate and Radiation April 2022by NASA Climate Change on May 20, 2022 at 6:54 pm
- 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 […]
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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 […]