Leeforum
@leeforum.bsky.social
A group of people researching flooding and flooding solutions in Cork, Ireland.
www.leeforum.org
www.leeforum.org
Its up there with Brexit.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Its up there with Brexit.
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So often, a judicial review has been the only way communities can defend their local ecosystems, like the wild native kelp forests in Bantry Bay, West Cork.
Now the government wants to put that avenue out of reach.
Please tell them you're totally against this disgraceful step.
Now the government wants to put that avenue out of reach.
Please tell them you're totally against this disgraceful step.
Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
January 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
So often, a judicial review has been the only way communities can defend their local ecosystems, like the wild native kelp forests in Bantry Bay, West Cork.
Now the government wants to put that avenue out of reach.
Please tell them you're totally against this disgraceful step.
Now the government wants to put that avenue out of reach.
Please tell them you're totally against this disgraceful step.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
And also coral bleaching.
Algae blooms are primarily caused by increased nutrients, most intensive livestock agriculture. But extra heat doesn't help.
Algae blooms are primarily caused by increased nutrients, most intensive livestock agriculture. But extra heat doesn't help.
January 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And also coral bleaching.
Algae blooms are primarily caused by increased nutrients, most intensive livestock agriculture. But extra heat doesn't help.
Algae blooms are primarily caused by increased nutrients, most intensive livestock agriculture. But extra heat doesn't help.
One thing it does is it drives up your insurance premiums as bigger storms and rising seas do more property damage.
It is also resulting in crop failures , resulting in higher food costs, which increases inflation.
It is also resulting in crop failures , resulting in higher food costs, which increases inflation.
January 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
One thing it does is it drives up your insurance premiums as bigger storms and rising seas do more property damage.
It is also resulting in crop failures , resulting in higher food costs, which increases inflation.
It is also resulting in crop failures , resulting in higher food costs, which increases inflation.
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#ClimateEmergency
"Hotter oceans contribute to rising sea levels, disrupt fragile marine ecosystems and fuel extreme weather."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
"Hotter oceans contribute to rising sea levels, disrupt fragile marine ecosystems and fuel extreme weather."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record
The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
www.scientificamerican.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
#ClimateEmergency
"Hotter oceans contribute to rising sea levels, disrupt fragile marine ecosystems and fuel extreme weather."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
"Hotter oceans contribute to rising sea levels, disrupt fragile marine ecosystems and fuel extreme weather."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
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An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
The secret weapon that could finally force climate action
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
www.newscientist.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
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Thats a dangerous stretch of cycle paths, lots of entrances to premises and side roads, combined with a chronic lack of cyclist awareness (bike blindness) had a good few near misses there too.
You have to assume that drivers don't see you.
Hope youre ok.
You have to assume that drivers don't see you.
Hope youre ok.
January 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Thats a dangerous stretch of cycle paths, lots of entrances to premises and side roads, combined with a chronic lack of cyclist awareness (bike blindness) had a good few near misses there too.
You have to assume that drivers don't see you.
Hope youre ok.
You have to assume that drivers don't see you.
Hope youre ok.
Her profile says her name is Luna-tick.
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Her profile says her name is Luna-tick.
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Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
▪︎Being dependent on having a job to have healthcare, or paying for it.
▪︎Not having paid maternity or paternity leave.
▪︎Not having guaranteed paid annual leave.
▪︎ being a 1st world country with 3rd world employment rights.
▪︎Not having paid maternity or paternity leave.
▪︎Not having guaranteed paid annual leave.
▪︎ being a 1st world country with 3rd world employment rights.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
▪︎Being dependent on having a job to have healthcare, or paying for it.
▪︎Not having paid maternity or paternity leave.
▪︎Not having guaranteed paid annual leave.
▪︎ being a 1st world country with 3rd world employment rights.
▪︎Not having paid maternity or paternity leave.
▪︎Not having guaranteed paid annual leave.
▪︎ being a 1st world country with 3rd world employment rights.
Tipping because you don't pay people.
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Tipping because you don't pay people.
They also support genocide.
A nasty outfit.
A nasty outfit.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
They also support genocide.
A nasty outfit.
A nasty outfit.
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
The world is on course for a 2.6°C increase.
' that means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa'
Sea level rise will only be a secondary concern after this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
' that means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa'
Sea level rise will only be a secondary concern after this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The world is on course for a 2.6°C increase.
' that means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa'
Sea level rise will only be a secondary concern after this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
' that means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa'
Sea level rise will only be a secondary concern after this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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✓ Increasingly expensive disaster costs
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
✓ Increasingly expensive disaster costs
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
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File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
Tidal barrier anyone?
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise
Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tidal barrier anyone?
My nearest and dearest asked 'what's Bluesky?'
'Antifa Twitter' I said
'Antifa Twitter' I said
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My nearest and dearest asked 'what's Bluesky?'
'Antifa Twitter' I said
'Antifa Twitter' I said
We want clean, cheap, renewable energy, not LNG! Sign and share this petition to keep expensive and dirty LNG out of Ireland. LNG will drive up electricity bills, accelerate climate collapse making storms more dangerous and frequent.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
Sign this petition to keep Ireland LNG free
We want clean, cheap, renewable energy, not LNG!
Sign and share this petition to keep expensive and dirty LNG out of Ireland. LNG will drive up electricity bills, accelerate climate collapse making st...
my.uplift.ie
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We want clean, cheap, renewable energy, not LNG! Sign and share this petition to keep expensive and dirty LNG out of Ireland. LNG will drive up electricity bills, accelerate climate collapse making storms more dangerous and frequent.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
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“Objectors will be on hook to pay six-figure legal costs under JR clampdown”
Judicial Review is about ensuring public bodies comply with the law. Upholding democratic laws isn’t “objecting”
Language matters
@conalthomas90.bsky.social @wayneoconnor.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Judicial Review is about ensuring public bodies comply with the law. Upholding democratic laws isn’t “objecting”
Language matters
@conalthomas90.bsky.social @wayneoconnor.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
www.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Objectors will be on hook to pay six-figure legal costs under JR clampdown”
Judicial Review is about ensuring public bodies comply with the law. Upholding democratic laws isn’t “objecting”
Language matters
@conalthomas90.bsky.social @wayneoconnor.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Judicial Review is about ensuring public bodies comply with the law. Upholding democratic laws isn’t “objecting”
Language matters
@conalthomas90.bsky.social @wayneoconnor.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated
Which means net zero 2050 it totally inadequate as its much worse than current predictions
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Which means net zero 2050 it totally inadequate as its much worse than current predictions
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections
New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.
www.unsw.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated
Which means net zero 2050 it totally inadequate as its much worse than current predictions
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Which means net zero 2050 it totally inadequate as its much worse than current predictions
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Miami is ground zero for Sea Level Rise (SLR).
They build walls & install pumps, but it rises through the the limestone substrate anyway.
Cork has a porus substrate too, and a perched aquifer, which moves in tandem with the tides.
SLR will be non-linear also.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqb...
They build walls & install pumps, but it rises through the the limestone substrate anyway.
Cork has a porus substrate too, and a perched aquifer, which moves in tandem with the tides.
SLR will be non-linear also.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqb...
The Dangers To Coastal Cities Like Miami | Breakthrough
YouTube video by Curiosity Stream
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Miami is ground zero for Sea Level Rise (SLR).
They build walls & install pumps, but it rises through the the limestone substrate anyway.
Cork has a porus substrate too, and a perched aquifer, which moves in tandem with the tides.
SLR will be non-linear also.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqb...
They build walls & install pumps, but it rises through the the limestone substrate anyway.
Cork has a porus substrate too, and a perched aquifer, which moves in tandem with the tides.
SLR will be non-linear also.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqb...