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Will Hobbs

@icecoldwill.bsky.social
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Climate scientist, focussed on Antarctic sea ice

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Explaining to colleagues in Wellington why it’s important to consider SaFT* first when looking at extreme sea ice loss. (*SaFT = Stability at Freezing Temperature ; because we don’t need another dull 3-letter acronym!). Photo credit: Amelie Meyer)
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Sometimes I feel a little boring because I don’t travel so much these days. But there are some pretty spectacular adventures just 1.5 hours from #hobart … Images from a climb on the Candlestick, Tasman Peninsula. #climbing #tasmania
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
the last @beeraquatic.bsky.social of 2025 is this Thursday! We don't think too much about the Indian Ocean here in Hobart, but it wields an influence on our weather. Find out how from @imas-utas.bsky.social Dr Helen Phillips. 6:30pm Nov 27th, Hobart Brewing Coy. #utas #hobart_events #scicomm
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Cat’s are b*stards; they puke on your carpet, wake you up at night, and then break your heart… Thanks so much Warren for all the purrs, the fluff and the many lessons. #adoptdontbuy #10liveshobart #cats
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
What's the future for Antarctic sea ice? Next Tuesday (11th November I'll be giving a free lunchtime talk at TMAG on @antarctic.bsky.social @imas-utas.bsky.social efforts to answer that very question. You can register here: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/UVHnCE8kD7... #hobart #utas #antarctica
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Dr Scott Spillias last night at @beeraquatic.bsky.social , on whether AI fish will save the fish or crush our futures (maybe both?). Assisted by some friendly (and not so friendly) AI bots #hobart #marinescience #imas_utas
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Will AI save the oceans, or drown us in a sea of big data? Fish-modeller Dr Scott Spillias has views on this, and he's spilling all @beeraquatic.bsky.social tomorrow! Come for the beer; stay for the science. 6:30pm 28th August, Hobart Brewing Coy
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Beaker Street is here in Hobart! Time to party with people who have access to liquid nitrogen and ideas on how to use it! I’ll be around a lot of events; no liquid nitrogen but stop and ask me about frozen seawater… @beeraquatic.bsky.social #hobart #beakerstreet @imas-utas.bsky.social
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
“Push it to the depths!” The very words I ride by… #MTB #tokyo
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What's Antarctic sea ice ever done for us? Quite a lot! It cools the ocean, protects ice shelves, supports an irreplaceable ecosystem. Oh, and helps the ocean absorb $180 billion of carbon per year. Hopefully we can figure this out whilst there still is some summer sea ice... doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Been in Cairns all week for the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society conference. Great to catch up with colleagues old and new (and nicely-timed to avoid Hobart’s cold spell!) But I have never been to a conference with such a palpable sense of despair.
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Autumn in Derby. Tassie is awful; don’t come here! #mtb #tasmania
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Bittersweet moment for me on 27th March; after 7 years I’m stepping away from @beeraquatic.bsky.social and will be on stage not as MC but as a speaker! (Specifically I’ll be talking about the mystery of disappearing sea ice). Leaving Beer Aquatic to a new generation of enthusiastic sci comments!
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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I’ll be going back to my @beeraquatic.bsky.social roots this Thursday, MCing our first event of 2025. We’re starting with a bang - lots of bangs actually - as Dr Rebecca Carey talks about undersea volcanoes. 6:30pm 27th February, Hobart Brewing Company
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