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.
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2024on November 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm
Open access notables Anthropogenic warming has ushered in an era of temperature-dominated droughts in the western United States, Zhuang et al., Science […]
- Leaders From Key Countries Will Not Attend COP29 Climate Talksby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 6, 2024 at 11:42 pm
Leaders from some of the world’s major economies, including the European Union, the United States and Brazil, will not be attending the United Nations […]
- Washington State Voters Uphold Climate Commitment Actby Paige Bennett on November 6, 2024 at 9:02 pm
In the election held November 5, voters in Washington state upheld one of the biggest climate laws in the U.S. against challenges made by Republicans. Voters […]
- The planet is ‘on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ scientists warnon November 6, 2024 at 8:13 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections A person rides past a destroyed church in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding on October 6, 2024, in […]
- England’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm to Move Forwardby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 6, 2024 at 5:03 pm
Plans for England’s largest onshore wind farm will be submitted this week, in the first progress since the country’s Labour government removed the de facto […]
- Canada Announces Plan to Slash Oil and Gas Emissions 35% by 2030by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 5, 2024 at 11:57 pm
The Canadian government has issued a draft of new regulations for greenhouse gas emissions produced by oil and gas. The rules would limit Canada’s emissions […]
- Newly Discovered Bacteria ‘Chonkus’ Offers Potential for Cleaning Up Carbon Dioxideby Paige Bennett on November 5, 2024 at 8:56 pm
Scientists have discovered a type of cyanobacteria found in marine volcanic vents, or seeps, that could help capture carbon dioxide emissions. However, finding […]
- U.S. Senators Urge EPA to Ban Pesticide Linked to Parkinson’sby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 5, 2024 at 4:42 pm
In an open letter, seven United States senators are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do what dozens of countries have already done and […]
- Sabin 33 #1 - Are electromagnetic fields from solar farms harmful to human health?on November 5, 2024 at 3:39 pm
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report "Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles" […]
- COP16 Ends Without Consensus on Financing for Nature Conservationby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 5, 2024 at 4:57 am
The COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, ended in disappointment this weekend, with countries failing to determine how to raise $200 billion a year in […]
- Los Angeles County Sues PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Over Plastic Pollution, Recycling Deceptionby Paige Bennett on November 5, 2024 at 1:27 am
Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo and Coca-Cola on October 30, arguing that the companies misled the public on product recyclability and the […]
- Election 2024: Where Do Harris and Trump Stand on the Climate Crisis?by Michael Riojas on November 4, 2024 at 8:31 pm
The 2024 presidential election is widely projected to be one of the closest in American history, and each candidate says the stakes have never been higher. […]
- Volunteer activity: Evaluate automated climate misinformation debunkingson November 4, 2024 at 3:26 pm
A new challenge and a new opportunity for research AI-generated disinformation threatens to make debunking climate misinformation even more challenging, […]
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #44on November 3, 2024 at 3:59 pm
A listing of 35 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 27, 2024 thru Sat, November 2, […]
- Fact brief - Are most glaciers growing?on November 2, 2024 at 3:52 pm
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 […]
- Unforced variations: Nov 2024by group on November 2, 2024 at 3:40 pm
This month’s open thread on climate change topics. How are we in November already? And why is it still so warm… ? Anyway, please stay on topic and avoid […]
- ‘Encouraging’ Report Finds Europe’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fell by 8% Last Yearby Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on November 1, 2024 at 10:36 pm
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by eight percent last year — to 37 percent below 1990 levels — according to a new report, Trends and […]
- Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles thanks to the Sabin Center for Climate Change Lawon November 1, 2024 at 3:39 pm
Earlier this year our volunteer editor Marc Kodack spotted an impressive answer to climate change solutions denial, "Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #44 2024on October 31, 2024 at 6:42 pm
Open access notables Communicating the most accurate and reliable science on climate change to society: A survey of editors from the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
- The hidden health toll of hurricaneson October 30, 2024 at 7:27 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Neha Pathak Disasters can disrupt medical care both during and long after the event. (Photo credit: U.S. […]
- Climate Adam: Is climate change fuelling mega hurricanes?on October 29, 2024 at 3:55 pm
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 […]
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43on October 27, 2024 at 3:58 pm
A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 20, 2024 thru Sat, October 26, […]
- Fact brief - Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans?on October 26, 2024 at 3:15 pm
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 […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2024on October 24, 2024 at 7:38 pm
Open access notables The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades, Hamlington et al., Communications Earth & Environment:The […]
- Why widening highways doesn’t reduce traffic congestionon October 23, 2024 at 7:03 pm
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler California prides itself on its climate leadership. And the state’s work on transportation […]
- Climate Riskon October 22, 2024 at 6:57 pm
This is a re-post from And Then There's Physics I realise that I haven’t written anything for a while and am unlikely to become particularly prolific again […]
- Science is not value freeby Gavin on October 19, 2024 at 3:13 am
An interesting commentary addressing a rather odd prior commentary makes some very correct points. Back a few months there was a poorly argued and rather […]
- Students, come find your "Space" at NASAby NASA Climate Change on October 7, 2024 at 5:48 pm
- Cold extremes do in fact decrease under global warmingby Gavin on October 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm
The title of this post might seem like a truism, but for about a decade some people have claimed the opposite, and many people have spent much time and effort […]
- Unforced Variations: Oct 2024by group on October 1, 2024 at 9:24 pm
This month’s open thread for climate topics. Please stay vaguely on topic and do not abuse other commenters. The post Unforced Variations: Oct 2024 first […]
- Phantastic Job!by Gavin on September 20, 2024 at 3:18 am
A truly impressive paper was published this week with a new reconstruction of global temperatures over the last ~500 million years. There is something […]
- Unforced Variations: Sep 2024by group on September 1, 2024 at 3:57 pm
This month’s open thread on climate topics. Try to be constructive! The post Unforced Variations: Sep 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.
- Oh My, Oh Miocene!by Gavin on August 28, 2024 at 6:50 pm
A recent paper suggested that ‘climate sensitivity’ derived from a new paleo-CO2 record is around 7.2ºC (for equilibrium climate sensitivity ECS) and […]
- The need for pluralism in climate modellingby group on August 24, 2024 at 3:08 pm
How should we allocate resources for climate modelling if the goal is to improve climate-related decisions? Higher resolution, machine learning and/or […]
- Watch carbon dioxide move through Earth’s atmosphere with this high resolution mode.by NASA Climate Change on August 5, 2024 at 4:00 pm
- This animation shows the yearly average NO2 from 2005 to 2022. You can see the air get cleaner.by NASA Climate Change on August 2, 2024 at 4:20 pm
- Unforced variations: Aug 2024by group on August 1, 2024 at 11:27 am
This month’s open thread on climate topics. The post Unforced variations: Aug 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.
- 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
- Exploring Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Era of Remote Sensing Technologyby NASA Climate Change on March 25, 2024 at 8:12 pm
- Radiative-Thermodynamic Modes of Climateby NASA Climate Change on March 15, 2024 at 9:25 pm
- Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission: Applications Meetingby NASA Climate Change on March 5, 2024 at 1:31 am
- Towards a New Generation of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Models: Climate Seminarby NASA Climate Change on March 5, 2024 at 12:45 am
- Why we still need traditional climate models and how they might be improvedby NASA Climate Change on February 27, 2024 at 12:26 am
- How Lab Experiments Help Disentangle Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Relevant to Cloud Optical Propertiesby NASA Climate Change on January 29, 2024 at 11:38 pm
- Climate Risk Science, Fundamental and Appliedby NASA Climate Change on December 13, 2023 at 9:24 pm
- Are Earth's carbon sinks changing?by NASA Climate Change on December 7, 2023 at 10:25 pm
- Summer 2023 Record High Global Temperaturesby NASA Climate Change on September 21, 2023 at 3:51 pm