Dr Stephen Flood
@docfloods.bsky.social
#SocialScientist #Geographer ๐ Resilience Lead at Climate Change Advisory Council Secretariat Ireland
๐ Visiting Scholar @ICARUS ๐ He/Him #SDGs ๐ป Co-Chair of International Climate Council Network Adaptation Working Group๐ https://linktr.ee/floodsg
๐ Visiting Scholar @ICARUS ๐ He/Him #SDGs ๐ป Co-Chair of International Climate Council Network Adaptation Working Group๐ https://linktr.ee/floodsg
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"The authors of this book provide concrete examples to help illustrate what it means to think and act simultaneously on development, disasters and climate."
@lisaschipper.bsky.social
Download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@lisaschipper.bsky.social
Download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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The National Emergency Briefing
chaired by Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social saw nine leading experts brief MPs and others on every aspect of the climate & nature crisis.
Please follow our YouTube channel where the talks will be published soon.
www.youtube.com/@nebriefing #NEB2025
chaired by Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social saw nine leading experts brief MPs and others on every aspect of the climate & nature crisis.
Please follow our YouTube channel where the talks will be published soon.
www.youtube.com/@nebriefing #NEB2025
December 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The National Emergency Briefing
chaired by Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social saw nine leading experts brief MPs and others on every aspect of the climate & nature crisis.
Please follow our YouTube channel where the talks will be published soon.
www.youtube.com/@nebriefing #NEB2025
chaired by Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social saw nine leading experts brief MPs and others on every aspect of the climate & nature crisis.
Please follow our YouTube channel where the talks will be published soon.
www.youtube.com/@nebriefing #NEB2025
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What would the hottest UK day of 1976 look like today?
35.9ยฐC back in 1976 would be 38-39ยฐC now.
The hot extremes are warming faster than the average for the UK.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer...
35.9ยฐC back in 1976 would be 38-39ยฐC now.
The hot extremes are warming faster than the average for the UK.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer...
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
What would the hottest UK day of 1976 look like today?
35.9ยฐC back in 1976 would be 38-39ยฐC now.
The hot extremes are warming faster than the average for the UK.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer...
35.9ยฐC back in 1976 would be 38-39ยฐC now.
The hot extremes are warming faster than the average for the UK.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer...
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When did hydrologists become historians? #FDRI has released 35 years of hi-res data from the Plynlimon Research Catchments!
Readย about our process of unearthing 35 years of measurements and what it means for understanding river processes: https://f.mtr.cool/grqzmwiqsd ๐งช
Readย about our process of unearthing 35 years of measurements and what it means for understanding river processes: https://f.mtr.cool/grqzmwiqsd ๐งช
January 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM
When did hydrologists become historians? #FDRI has released 35 years of hi-res data from the Plynlimon Research Catchments!
Readย about our process of unearthing 35 years of measurements and what it means for understanding river processes: https://f.mtr.cool/grqzmwiqsd ๐งช
Readย about our process of unearthing 35 years of measurements and what it means for understanding river processes: https://f.mtr.cool/grqzmwiqsd ๐งช
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ABSOLUTE INSANITY GOING ON IN THE ARCTICS
Mind blowing MINIMUM +4.4C Grise Fiord
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THE NOVEMBER-APRIL SEMESTER
This is beyond any imagination
Also historic record +0.9C Alert 82N
Hundreds of records are been smashed in Arctic NE America
Mind blowing MINIMUM +4.4C Grise Fiord
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THE NOVEMBER-APRIL SEMESTER
This is beyond any imagination
Also historic record +0.9C Alert 82N
Hundreds of records are been smashed in Arctic NE America
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM
ABSOLUTE INSANITY GOING ON IN THE ARCTICS
Mind blowing MINIMUM +4.4C Grise Fiord
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THE NOVEMBER-APRIL SEMESTER
This is beyond any imagination
Also historic record +0.9C Alert 82N
Hundreds of records are been smashed in Arctic NE America
Mind blowing MINIMUM +4.4C Grise Fiord
HOTTEST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THE NOVEMBER-APRIL SEMESTER
This is beyond any imagination
Also historic record +0.9C Alert 82N
Hundreds of records are been smashed in Arctic NE America
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Six reasons why Trumpโs attack on Venezuela was very wrong:
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Six reasons why Trumpโs attack on Venezuela was very wrong:
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I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
It's the most magical time of the year โ when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
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Todayโs genius!
January 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Todayโs genius!
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We are on the cusp of losing all meaningful coral reefs and itโs barely making the news let alone the headlines.
Planetโs first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, with coral reefs facing โwidespread diebackโ
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C โas fast as possibleโ, warm water coral reefs will not remain โat any meaningful scale.โ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C โas fast as possibleโ, warm water coral reefs will not remain โat any meaningful scale.โ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planetโs first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing โwidespread diebackโ
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C โas fast as possibleโ, warm water coral reefs will not remain โat any meaningful scaleโ, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We are on the cusp of losing all meaningful coral reefs and itโs barely making the news let alone the headlines.
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"Sea-level rise poses a significant threat to Africaโs vital coastal ecosystems & the livelihoods of its growing populations... The rate of rise has accelerated markedly to 4.34โmm/yr since 2010, over 4 times the 1990s rate... this uneven rise intensifies risks for over 50 million coastal residents"
Accelerating sea level rise in Africa and its large marine ecosystems since the 1990s - Communications Earth & Environment
Sea-level rise in African large marine ecosystem has accelerated markedly since 2010, mostly due to ice sheet loss and land subsidence, with the Red Sea and Guinea Current rising fastest, according to...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
"Sea-level rise poses a significant threat to Africaโs vital coastal ecosystems & the livelihoods of its growing populations... The rate of rise has accelerated markedly to 4.34โmm/yr since 2010, over 4 times the 1990s rate... this uneven rise intensifies risks for over 50 million coastal residents"
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I am deeply honoured and humbled to receive this prize in environmental humanities from @acls1919.bsky.social.
Let us collectively bring critical social science examinationsโrooted in history, politics, and context, and problematizing normative discoursesโto the global public.
Let us collectively bring critical social science examinationsโrooted in history, politics, and context, and problematizing normative discoursesโto the global public.
The 2025 winner in Environmental Humanities is Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh by @cameliadewan.bsky.social (@uwapress.uw.edu, 2021)
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I am deeply honoured and humbled to receive this prize in environmental humanities from @acls1919.bsky.social.
Let us collectively bring critical social science examinationsโrooted in history, politics, and context, and problematizing normative discoursesโto the global public.
Let us collectively bring critical social science examinationsโrooted in history, politics, and context, and problematizing normative discoursesโto the global public.
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in Ireland, the computational hunger for energy has reached levels that are impossible to ignore. Datacentres guzzle one-fifth of the countryโs electricity and are projected to devour nearly one-third of it within a few years.
FYI @docfloods.bsky.social
FYI @docfloods.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
in Ireland, the computational hunger for energy has reached levels that are impossible to ignore. Datacentres guzzle one-fifth of the countryโs electricity and are projected to devour nearly one-third of it within a few years.
FYI @docfloods.bsky.social
FYI @docfloods.bsky.social
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โItโs a horrible, horrible waste,โ said Sharon Wilson, director of campaign @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social, pointing to Grok-generated images of Nazi Mickey Mouse as an example of what fossil gas was being burned to produce. โWhat useful purpose does this serve?โ
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
โJust an unbelievable amount of pollutionโ: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM
โItโs a horrible, horrible waste,โ said Sharon Wilson, director of campaign @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social, pointing to Grok-generated images of Nazi Mickey Mouse as an example of what fossil gas was being burned to produce. โWhat useful purpose does this serve?โ
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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To escape the craziness of the world I went to QAGOMA to see the new art exhibit Presence by Olafur Eliasson inspired by Iceland, geology , light and climate change. Beautiful and impressive. Feeling a bit more serene and calm before going back to work tomorrow.
January 4, 2026 at 5:01 AM
To escape the craziness of the world I went to QAGOMA to see the new art exhibit Presence by Olafur Eliasson inspired by Iceland, geology , light and climate change. Beautiful and impressive. Feeling a bit more serene and calm before going back to work tomorrow.
Flipping heck โฆ.
Live: Venezuelaโs Maduro to face โfull wrath of American justiceโ following capture by US forces in โlarge scaleโ attack
www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...
Live: Venezuelaโs Maduro to face โfull wrath of American justiceโ following capture by US forces in โlarge scaleโ attack
www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...
Live: Venezuelaโs Maduro to face โfull wrath of American justiceโ following capture by US forces in โlarge scaleโ attack
Venezuelaโs government said the United States attacked its civilian and military installations in multiple states
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Flipping heck โฆ.
Live: Venezuelaโs Maduro to face โfull wrath of American justiceโ following capture by US forces in โlarge scaleโ attack
www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...
Live: Venezuelaโs Maduro to face โfull wrath of American justiceโ following capture by US forces in โlarge scaleโ attack
www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...
โItโs surrealโ: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
โItโs surrealโ: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
โItโs surrealโ: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Said the wave to the one behind
'There is an end to the sea'
'Impossible,' said the wave behind
'Nothing can stop me'
(Lemn Sissay)
#letthelightpourin
(Painting: The Sea, The Sea)
'There is an end to the sea'
'Impossible,' said the wave behind
'Nothing can stop me'
(Lemn Sissay)
#letthelightpourin
(Painting: The Sea, The Sea)
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Said the wave to the one behind
'There is an end to the sea'
'Impossible,' said the wave behind
'Nothing can stop me'
(Lemn Sissay)
#letthelightpourin
(Painting: The Sea, The Sea)
'There is an end to the sea'
'Impossible,' said the wave behind
'Nothing can stop me'
(Lemn Sissay)
#letthelightpourin
(Painting: The Sea, The Sea)
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An updated image of some recent work, with me for scale!
February 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
An updated image of some recent work, with me for scale!
Thanks to @hausfath.bsky.social for sharing โญ๏ธ
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Thanks to @hausfath.bsky.social for sharing โญ๏ธ
More information here www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-stagge...
The staggering scale of human CO2 emissions
We've emitted more CO2 than all living biomass and human-made mass combined.
www.theclimatebrink.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
More information here www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-stagge...
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined
January 3, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined
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Seasonal best wishes to all! Am of course in no way suggesting that the below would make an ideal stocking-filler, but you never know!
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Seasonal best wishes to all! Am of course in no way suggesting that the below would make an ideal stocking-filler, but you never know!