Dr Stephen Flood

Fantastic 🧵Aaron! Thanks for sharing

Its a cycle. Actions-> Results-> Beliefs -> Actions

We need more stories that help people learn from what’s working.

Not just what’s going wrong.
Not just what “has to happen by 2050.”

Real examples of action that others can see, understand & build on.

Here's a 🧵on advice & tips for sharing #climate stories that actually inspire action.

A messy, scribbly oil painting from my brother’s photos of Prussia Cove in Cornwall. An uneven stone wall leads from centre foreground back to the curve of the cliff on the right, parallel to the trail; All sides from the ridge line drop down to the narrow, rocky cove. A couple of cottages are nestled in the ridge line, beneath a clouded, rainy sky.

The finished (I think!) piece: Prussia Cove, Cornwall: oil and pigment sticks on panel, 60 x 80cm

#oilpainting #seascape #prussiacove #cornwall

Rivers must be monitored continuously to prevent ‘repeat of Blackwater fish kill’ Valuable time lost in raising alert on the incident, notes review by European Union scientists

EU report on Munster Blackwater fish kill calls for 24-hr monitoring of rivers over 100km long, more coordinated crisis response, trained public 'water wardens' & tighter industrial pollution licences
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Most ‘priority’ flood defences have still not entered planning after eight years Thirty-one of 54 big projects deemed priority works in 2018 remain on the drawing board

Where is Ireland at with flood defences and what's holding them up?
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

As Ireland secures Nitrates derogation, scraps airport limits and tries to scupper Mercosur trade deal, what a GREAT time to go to the EU with the béal bocht routine, begging to be saved from our own greed & stupidity yet again.

Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.

The sheer gormlessness of Ireland proposing to build a massive LNG terminal when even the right wing WSJ says it’s lunacy for Europe to depend on the US for anything important really is something to behold.

www.wsj.com/business/ene...

‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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This Valentine’s Day, we can all only dream of one day finding someone who is as obsessed by and devoted to us as the Business Post is to… Dublin Airport.

Commuters disrupted as north Dublin hit by heavy rain Follow developments as flooding is being reported in parts of the capital, with north Dublin particularly impacted.

By lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap, delaying funding for public transport that has planning permission and opening the door to commercial LNG, Minister @darraghobrientd.bsky.social's message to his constituents seems to be: prepare for much more climate chaos.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation Sitka spruce, sika deer and common garden plants are all invasive species with potential to cause harm to native varieties

In this week's Science & Climate in @irishtimes.com, @whittledaway.bsky.social looks at Ireland's laws, plans - and inaction - on controlling invasive species..........
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Unexpected and interesting

Why haven’t humans been back to the moon in over 50 years? | CNN Humans haven’t been back to the lunar surface since the Apollo moon program ended over five decade ago. The reasons why go beyond science, according to experts.

'Cause it's haunted

www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/s...

Valentine’s Day is often seen as a celebration of timeless, universal love, but in fifteenth-century Ireland love could also be treated as a medical condition. Evidence of this survives in a manuscript called the Book of the O’Lees (RIA MS 23 P 10 (ii)).

‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation Sitka spruce, sika deer and common garden plants are all invasive species with potential to cause harm to native varieties

‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

@whittledaway.bsky.social

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

A great article by @jasonhickel.bsky.social and @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social. But I do wish we could all stop using the wolf as a metaphor for the worst kinds of human behaviour. Wolves are wonderful creatures, endlessly maligned - and also victims of capitalism.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hahahahaha, so we’re literally forking out $2.7billion for a fancy storage building for some other countries obsolete & worthless gas 😂🤣😂🤣 🤦‍♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

I just got a “smart telescope” — the SeeStar 50 — and took some images tonight. Amazing what it can do out of the box.

With St Valentine’s Day tomorrow, we’re dipping into some of the courtship rituals and games explored in Pious and Promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social

Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious

NEW STUDY: Climate change is fueling deadly fires that threaten some of the world’s oldest living things: the ancient Alerce trees of Patagonia, which can live for over 3,000 years.

Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

At #AMS2026, Tom Fahy said to expect pain with respect to NCAR.

It’s only going to get worse.

I’ve never seen a government so consistently try to make things incrementally worse.

I wrote a book! A whole, real, actual book! Ada Limón, genius poet, said nice things about it! As did other absolute heroes! And now it's in libraries and bookstores in several countries! Be careful what you wish for, it might turn out awesome bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

Excerpt from a book describing the inconsistency of climate denial

I am so tired

'More heartache' to come as a result of extreme weather conditions, researchers warn This January was the wettest since 2018, according to Met Éireann

After widespread flooding during #StormChandra, Prof Peter Thorne of MU, sounded the alarm if global warming continues unabated. “It’s just another sad milestone in a litany of sad milestones of a climate going awry & going wrong to the detriment of all of us,”.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

#risk #ownership #adaptation #systems #environmental #resilience | Stephen Flood, PhD Thanks to all in the TalX2 Place-Based Climate Action Partnerships team for an inspiring day at Monaghan Peace Campus! It was great to get so many policy and decision makers from across the island t...

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Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia Wildfires that left 23 people dead were made about three times more likely by global heating, researchers say

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia #Climate

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 Don't forget to send in your nominations for the FEBS | EMBO #WomenInScience Award.

Deadline: 15 May

Read more:
https://www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/febsembo-women-in-science-awardees/nominate-for-the-women-in-science-award/
#award

YouTube video by Holcim Foundation Flooded Futures: Understanding the Rising Threats and How We Prepare | Stefan Rahmstorf

Devastating floods have hit Portugal, Spain & Morocco in the past days, causing loss of life & billions of Euros in damages.
How does climate change impact the flood risks from rain, rivers & rising seas?
Watch my lecture Flooded Futures: What are We Planning For? 🌊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtd8...