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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sounds like the world needs ‘Don’t Look Up’ Part 2 … Dr. Zach Galifianakis playing principal investigator of a climate modelling group please! 🙏

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Exhibit #73617 on the ‘benefits of climate change’ 🙄

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m thinking of my U.S. research colleagues as their funding dries up. This isn’t just a financial crisis, it’s political decisions creating an existential moment for U.S. science. Many people are simply waiting — and hoping — this will pass, but returning to ‘the norm’ isn’t guaranteed. 🥹

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

If you are in Kangerlussuaq next week and want to learn more about our @firnmelt.bsky.social project, please see the open house below. 👇

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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 · 30/09/2026

Thank you for coming to visit our team! We hope to see even more of you in the future! 🤩

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Stopping regulation of climate-polluting gases from U.S. power plants would be profoundly short-sighted. These emissions harm public health today, and put future generations at greater climate risk.

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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 · 08/09/2026

Yes, the AR7 WGI expert review period is still ongoing. 👇 Climate experts, please consider if you can help make the next IPCC assessment report as comprehensive and insightful as possible. 🤓

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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 · 22/08/2026

Top climate scientist telling us to brace for an El Niño the likes of which we haven’t seen before… 👇 You can get it straight from the source himself at: @drjamesehansen.bsky.social

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Engineering the ice sheets to limit their sea-level rise contribution is a drastic idea, but it could be on the menu in an ‘all of the above’ response to accelerating climate change. This talk from former IGS President Doug MacAyeal swayed me on the topic. ⤵️ youtu.be/E0TGF_zDtCw

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23 Oct. 2024 Doug MacAyeal presented 'A controversial edge of Glaciology' @ IGS Global Seminar

YouTube video by International Glaciological Society

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes, American science continues to trundle headfirst into an “evolve or die” era. Thankfully, lots of bright climate folks are finding ways to move the ball forward without relying on the U.S. government. 💙✊

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

Calling themselves ‘Greenland Energy’ is simply Greenland-washing old fashioned Texas-based oil-and-gas exploration. Greenland — and the world — deserves better than US neo-imperialism. A ‘frontier mentality’ for resource extraction challenges our rule of law.

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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 · 29/07/2026

If you’re interested in working at Asiaq (Greenland Survey), our sister organization is currently looking for a data specialist, with special attention to cryosphere and climate competencies. 🇬🇱 asiaq.career.emply.com/en/ad/data-s... Closes August 16th. ⤴️

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Data Specialist – Cryosphere, Hydrology and Climate I Asiaq

Do you want to work with unique environmental datasets from Greenland's glaciers, rivers and climate systems? Are you passionate about transforming large and complex datasets into knowledge that suppo

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good grief, this hits home.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Oh my! What a coffee table book this would be! 👀

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

With so much happening in the world, it's easy to lose sight of the steady creep of climate change. But every so often, it forces its way back onto the front burner, forcing us to consider our collective climate trajectory. 👀

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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

Thinking about shifting your research in the natural and/or technical sciences to Denmark? This call generously supports everything from 1-yr sabbaticals to 7-yr relocations at many career stages. Phase 1 intents are due August 12. novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant/rec...

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RECRUIT - Grants for International Recruitment, Autumn 2026 - Novo Nordisk Fonden

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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 · 14/07/2026

Dr. Alan Grant was the first depiction of a field scientist that I ever saw. The character opened my eyes to a career studying the natural world. 🥺

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This heavy-handed policy is seeking to turn back the clock on years of international scientific collaboration. Climate change doesn’t recognize borders or geopolitics. Such global challenges demand global collaboration.

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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 · 06/07/2026

Definitely of relevance to all the fantastic researchers passing through Copenhagen these days!

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yes, Arctic wildfires are ‘new’, and sadly they form a positive feedback with climate change. Increasing wildfire activity is increasing the vulnerability of permafrost to thaw, accelerating the release of long-stored greenhouse gases. This is a feature, not a glitch, of the Anthropocene. 🔥📈🔥

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

These are the types of actions that determine our ‘worlds avoided’ or ‘opportunities missed’. We owe ourselves—and future generations—better. Shame on Duke Energy. #ClimateAction

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This was our Boy Scout motto for preparing for a camping trip. Hope for sunshine, plan for rain.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Whether or not 1.5°C remains achievable, every fraction of a degree matters. We must mitigate aggressively.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Plan for the climate we want. Prepare for the climate we may get.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I don't care. Shut down the bitcoin farms first.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Climate science seems like an abstract profession—until you're writing the next IPCC report in the middle of an extreme weather event. 🥵

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I am amazed that you can find the time to write this! Awesome! 👊

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Full endorsement of Bethan’s reflection on the state of the AR7 process here. No notes. 🫡😂

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I don’t think I will ever again apply for NSERC funding. That would require updating my CCV after (checks notes) 3431 days of unlogged activities! 😆

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have many happy memories of Athabasca Glacier, but sadly it is perhaps now a candidate for the glaciercasualtylist.rice.edu — It is <i>very likely</i> ‘critically endangered’ under all plausible climate scenarios.

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Global Glacier Casualty List

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Two very different tales of expectations meeting reality. ⬇️ #ClimateAction

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