William Colgan

@glacierbytes.bsky.social

Science hustler into ice-sheet and sea-level research. Canadian living in Denmark and working in Greenland. 'The Color of Ice' documentary is now streaming open-access on WaterBear Network! www.williamcolgan.net

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. 👀

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

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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Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3w ago

With all the July model runs now in, it is very likely that 2026 will see the largest El Niño event since records began in the late 1800s – and potentially by a truly mind-blowing margin. The median estimate is now 3.6C, roughly 0.8C hotter than the prior record (2.75C). www.theclimatebrink....

We've just published an initial inventory of all known thermal springs arond Greenland. Our dataset combines scientific literature and traditional knowledge. We're looking forward to enabling some inter-disciplinary science! 🤩 News: eng.geus.dk/about/news/n... Article: doi.org/10.34194/0xs...

New study sheds light on Greenland’s thermal springs

Greenland is home to hundreds of thermal springs along its ice-free coasts. In South Greenland, for example, you can bathe in water at 38–40 degrees Celsius at Uunartoq, whilst springs on the east coa...

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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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