Lassonde School of Engineering - Earth & Space Science & Engineering
Adjunct Professor
110, Petrie Science & Engineering - PSEKeele CampusPhone (Office): 416-736-2100 Ext. 77703
colgan@yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- Glaciers and ice sheets
- Climate change
- Sea level rise
- Arctic expeditions
- Satellite observations
- Greenland
- Ice cores
For more information go to
Lassonde School of Engineering Profile
William Colgan Website
CBC News - New rivers forming on melting Greenland ice sheet could boost sea level rise
CBC Radio - Greenland Ice Sheet Slip Sliding Away
Radio Canada International - Global warming, mining, and toxic threats
IRIN - COP21: How glacial melt and toxic waste could spell disaster in Kyrgyzstan
Eos - Sea Level Rise Due to Warming, Weakening of Greenland Glaciers
Daily Mail - Stunning (yet worrying) photographs capture Greenland's disintegrating icecap
YFile - York U researchers help create first map of Greenland ice sheet movement
CBC News - Melting Greenland ice changing ocean circulation, Earth's gravitational field
Radio Canada International - Arctic ice extent..record low for January
Geographical Magazine - Mapping Greenland’s ice sheet
American Geophysical Union Geospace - History on Ice: New insights from reviewing 60 years of crevasse research
HNGN - New Cause of Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Discovered With Data
CBC News - Arctic heat waves cause exceptional Greenland melt, says new study
YFile - New cause of exceptional Greenland melt revealed
Mashable - Greenland ice melt goes into overdrive after record heat wave
Green Times - Greenland ice melt goes into overdrive after record heat wave
Mail Online - The past (and future) of Greenland revealed: Stunning maps show massive underground rivers a mile deep and seven miles wide
The Asian Age - Global warming may expose frozen Cold War-era hazardous waste
ChemEurope.com - Melting ice sheet could release frozen Cold War-era waste
CBC - Climate change could expose Cold War-era Arctic military base
The Sun - Secret US military base hidden under ice sheet to be exposed due to climate change
Engineering 360 - Ice Melt Could Trigger Toxic Leak from Army Base
The Huffington Post - Scary and Gross - 3 Disturbing Consequences Of A Warming Planet
Awards
Living Planet Fellowship - 2015-2017
European Space Agency
Affiliations
International Glaciology Society
Executive council
Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Advisory board
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