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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes! The @firnmelt.bsky.social traverse equipment has arrived in Kangerlussuaq! We’re super excited to start instrumenting and measuring the near-surface properties of the #Greenland ice sheet! 🤓 Funded by @erc.europa.eu

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Check out this wonderful explainer of the new CMIP7 climate scenarios written by @zekehausfather.com 👇 Get informed on how they differ from previous scenarios, and learn the new lingo and ambition of ‘Very Low’ — VL! 👊💙

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our @firnmelt.bsky.social team is looking for a PhD Student to use airborne radar to assess changes in the near-surface firn of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The position is based in Copenhagen, at GEUS (@anja-ruti.bsky.social) and affiliated with DTU (@louisesandbergs.bsky.social).

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes, our review article on Petermann Glacier is even more topical with its recent calving event! Whether you consider Petermann to be an ‘ice stream’ or a ‘glacier’, might influence how you think about the stability of Northwest Greenland. 🤓

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here’s some fantastic thermal drone imagery of a thermal spring in East Greenland. Captured by Eva Nielsen earlier this month. The spring water is 53C, flowing down a rock wall behind the field team. Our HotBlink project is funded by the Independent Research Fund of Denmark.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Yes! We're super excited to see the first-order draft of IPCC AR7 WGI open to Expert Review today! www.ipcc.ch/2026/07/06/i... 👉 Sign up to become an IPCC Expert Reviewer and help strengthen the science, broaden perspectives, and make the next assessment even better!

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It would be poignant — and easy! — to make a montage of people going about their normal lives with wildfires looming in the background. Perhaps a fitting homage to our climate inaction. 🥺 ‘Golf under fire’ is almost ten years old now!

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yup. Canadian wildfires are expected to worsen in the future, as our warming climate increases their frequency and severity. This is pretty much a statement of fact. Sadly.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yes! Wildfire smoke seems to be everywhere at the moment. Here’s the Anthropocene sunset in Eastern Ontario this evening. 😶‍🌫️

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Sadly, it’s no surprise that climate change is making El Niño events more ferocious. 🌊 Here’s IPCC AR6 Box 11.4 saying that extreme El Niños occur more frequently in a warming world. ⤵️ Still, the exceedance magnitude of this summer’s event beyond all previous events is eye opening. 👀

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

These specialized vehicles will support our FirnMelt project in researching the shifting fate of meltwater in the near-surface layers of the Greenland ice sheet and its effects on ice dynamics. Supported by @erc.europa.eu !

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We’ve just finished a fantastic second Lead Author Meeting for the @ipcc.bsky.social Seventh Assessment Report in Santiago de Chile! #IPCC #AR7 #LAM2 #ClimateScience #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ClimatePolicy #Adaptation #Mitigation

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We're back baby! 🎉🎬 Our film -- The Color of Ice -- has been invited back to the UNG:DOX film festival in March 2026. UNG:DOX is the arm of CPH:DOX that introduces younger folks to documentary film as an art form and reflection on society. Check out cphdox.dk for the full festival lineup.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our new study documents glacier loss in the Himalaya accelerating since 2003. Annual ice losses are consistent with those projected under the high emissions scenario. This is impactful, but not joyful, science led by Javed Hassan (DTU). ⤵️ Open-access article: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

🚨 If you're a Canadian-curious researcher currently based outside of Canada, you need to check out the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs programme! 🚨 Competitive single-PI grants for up to 1M CAD/yr for eight years (8M CAD!) to attract folks to Canada! 🤩 #ElbowsUp 🫠

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

All my American friends right now. 👇

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Yes! @icymatters.bsky.social and I are seeking a project coordinator for using highly specialized vehicles on the Greenland ice sheet! It's a four-year position across two projects: 'Seis-Sustain' funded by the @novo-nordisk.bsky.social and 'FirnMelt' funded by @erc.europa.eu.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Our first Lead Author Meeting of the #IPCC Seventh Assessment Report was an incredible experience last week! Merci @ipcc.bsky.social! Now, we are writing our way towards zero-order-draft (ZOD). #LAM1 #ClimateScience #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ClimatePolicy #Adaptation #Mitigation #AR7

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Yes, this week Lead Authors for the @ipcc.bsky.social Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) are meeting in Paris — almost 700 of us across all three working groups! As IPCC Chair Jim Skea shares, there's even some highest-level climate diplomacy happening beyond the plenary sessions. 👇

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Hey Cryoverse! 👋 If you need any motivation to call for action on the #AmbitionForMeltingIce at #COP30, check out the Glacier Casualty List. It's a global summary of 'critically endangered' & 'disappeared' glaciers and their stories. It's really happening. 🧊💧 ➡️ glaciercasualtylist.rice.edu

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃 — Otherwise known as '500 days until the IPCC AR7 WG1 literature submission deadline'! 🇺🇳 Our climate community has the observations, the models and the mission — let’s make AR7 legendary! 👊🌏 #IPCC #AR7 #IPCCAR7 #ClimateScience #ScienceForPolicy #PeerReview @ipcc.bsky.social

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Hey ice-sheet modellers! 👋 It’s time to register for the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP) protocol workshop being hosting here in Copenhagen (at GEUS) 23-25 March 2026. Register: www.tilmeld.dk/ismip7worksh... Learn more at how ISMIP supports the IPCC process: www.ismip.org

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Something to keep in mind before getting too excited about these new ski planes…

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Our Center for Ice Sheet & Sea Level Predictions (cisp.dtu.dk) is looking for a post-doctoral fellow to integrate satellite observations into ice-flow simulations. efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... (deadline 24/10/2025) Funded by @novo-nordisk.bsky.social Based at @dtucryo.bsky.social

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

👋Hey ice fans! We’re looking for a post-doctoral fellow to join our glaciology team! 👇 Call: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... Deadline: 30 Sep 2025

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Our Semper Crevasses project is kindly supported by @carlsbergfondet.dk

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The Semper Crevasses project is keeping us busy on the ice sheet this week! Here's the view into one of Greenland's newest crevasses, which has opened in recent months at 2000 m elevation above sea-level about 100 km inland from Ilulissat Glacier front. 🎥 Anders Graver / Humbug Films

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Yes, it’s @ipcc.bsky.social time! 🤩🥳 IPCC AR7 starts now! I'm excited to be embarking on the AR7 journey with so many bright scientists! You've heard that it takes a village to raise a baby? Same thing with an IPCC chapter! 💙👊 #IPCC #AR7 #ClimateScience #ClimateAction #ScienceForPolic

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

👋Hey potential PhD students! Our 'Semper Crevasses' project is looking for a student to model ice flow at Jakobshavn Isbræ & Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. Based at @dtucryo.bsky.social and funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk Call: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Happy Canada Day! 🥳🇨🇦 Wow, has the world changed since this time last year! I definitely saw more Canadian pride on display today than I’ve seen in a long time -- a very long time! Check out our community at www.canadiansindenmark.org!

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If you're in Toronto on July 12/13, check out the two-day curated festival of Greenlandic films taking place at Yonge-Dundas Cineplex Cinemas. 🇬🇱📽️ Event Website: www.cineplex.com/events/green... (sadly geo-blocked outside Canada?!)

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Glaciers are shrinking fast. Their ice loss affects sea-level rise and water resources for hundreds of millions of people. Learn more about the 2025 International Year for Glaciers' Preservation at the official website: www.un-glaciers.org/en #IYGP2025 #GlacierPreservation

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We’ve just finished a wonderful climate forum week in Taiwan! I’m positively delighted that Olennguaq Kristensen could travel all the way from Savissivik, Greenland, to join the screenings of ‘The Color of Ice’! Thank you to the forum organisers, especially the host, Steven Ko of O’right!

Olennguaq Kristensen seated in a forum session.

Wide view of the audience at a forum session.

Olennguaq Kristensen on stage with moderator Catherine Lu.

William Colgan speaking on stage during a forum session.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#TheColorofIce is screening next week (Wed, Apr 16) at Lausanne University with some wonderful commentators! ❄️🥼 Check out the 𝐫𝐞𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 series at: wp.unil.ch/acige/reproj...

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Yes, they had tales to tell indeed! Sadly, we recently lost our dear Søren Gregersen, widely know as "The Danish Boy Scout at Camp Century". iaspei.org/about/bios-o...

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Here's a report we published a couple years ago that looks at the potential for multi-meter sea-level rise here in Denmark. doi.org/10.34194/geu... This particular figure places recent ice-sheet projections in the context of paleo sea-level changes. ❄️🧑‍🔬

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

You can visit campcenturyclimate.dk to learn more about our climate and ice monitoring at Camp Century, Greenland: ▪ scientific reports 📚 ▪ explainer videos 📽️ ▪ news items 📰

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Reminder 🔔 -- We're seeking a post-doctoral fellow to work with us on our Semper Crevasses project funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk. The call below closes in two days!

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Excited to see Lausanne University launch 𝐫𝐞𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 this spring for the UN International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Thank you for including us in your first edition! details: wp.unil.ch/acige/reproj...

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise is out! Herculean effort bringing together >200 estimates of glacier loss outside the ice sheets. Bottom line is 273 gigatonnes per year of ice loss since the year 2000! 😲 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🥼❄️ @natureportfolio.nature.com

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Yes, THE COLOR OF ICE is being released into the wilds of the wide open internet! You can now stream our documentary open access on WaterBear Network: www.waterbear.com/watch/color-... We’re delighted to add our voices to the messages of climate urgency already curated on WaterBear! 💙

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thank you for sharing this! Here is a photo of the memorial plaque for that helicopter accident, located at Pituffik: "Chaplain (Capt) Paul L. Lynch ... Killed near Camp Century 24 August 1961."

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This project and position are kindly funded by the @carlsbergfondet.dk "Semper Ardens Advance" program: www.carlsbergfondet.dk/ansoeger/sem...

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Hey All! 👋 Our project “Crevasses as indicators of ice-sheet stability” is looking for a post-doctoral fellow. We’re looking for someone with experience observing and/or modelling crevasse fracture. Advert: www.nature.com/naturecareer... (closes 16 March 2025)

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I just retired my X account today. Honestly, that's probably 816 days overdue, but better late than never! 😂

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🥳 If you're in Copenhagen this Friday evening (Jan 3rd), you can join us at the opening of Anders Graver's photo exhibit "Properties of Ice", featuring top-shelf photos from around Pituffik and Ilulissat. 👇

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

@icy-pete.bsky.social — I see you! But for some reason when I search your account, it is not available to be added?! I will ask around.

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