Twila Moon

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Twila Moon
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Scientific career
ThesisGreenland outlet glacier behavior during the 21st century : understanding velocities and environmental factors (2014)

Twila Moon is a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center known for her work on the Greenland ice sheet.

Education and career

Moon has a B.S. from Stanford University (2004) and an M.S. from the University of Washington (2008).[1] She earned her Ph.D. in 2014 from the University of Washington where she worked on ice mass loss from a Greenland glacier.[2] Following her Ph.D. she did postdoctoral work at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Oregon before joining the National Snow and Ice Data Center as a research scientist in 2017.[3][1]

Research

Moon is best known for her research on the Greenland ice sheet. Her early research examined the position of the ice sheet,[4][5] and the change in the movement of the glacier.[6] She has examined how water produced at the bottom of icebergs contributes to the freshwater found in Greenland's fjords,[7] and defines the impact of the loss of the Greenland ice sheet on sea level rise.[8] She is part of the group working to establish long-term observations of the Greenland ice sheet.[9] Moon has examined the data quantifying the loss of ice from the Greenland ice sheet,[10] and shares these results via conversations with the media[11] and the United States House of Representatives.[12] She speaks on climate change with multiple venues in the media,[13][14] and is a co-author of Arctic report card.[15] Moon has spoken about the border between being a scientist and being an activist in the realm of climate science.[16]

Selected publications

  • Joughin, Ian; Smith, Ben E.; Howat, Ian M.; Scambos, Ted; Moon, Twila (2010). "Greenland flow variability from ice-sheet-wide velocity mapping". Journal of Glaciology. 56 (197): 415–430.
    S2CID 32127970
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  • Moon, T.; Joughin, I.; Smith, B.; Howat, I. (4 May 2012). "21st-Century Evolution of Greenland Outlet Glacier Velocities". Science. 336 (6081): 576–578.
    S2CID 34158909
    .
  • Moon, Twila; Joughin, Ian (7 June 2008). "Changes in ice front position on Greenland's outlet glaciers from 1992 to 2007". Journal of Geophysical Research. 113 (F2): F02022.
    doi:10.1029/2007JF000927
    .
  • Moon, Twila; Joughin, Ian; Smith, Ben; van den Broeke, Michiel R.; van de Berg, Willem Jan; Noël, Brice; Usher, Mika (28 October 2014). "Distinct patterns of seasonal Greenland glacier velocity: Seasonal velocity". Geophysical Research Letters. 41 (20): 7209–7216.
    PMID 25821275
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "Twila Moon CV at congress.gov" (PDF). congress.gov. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. OCLC 897830094
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  3. ^ "Moon's website".
  4. ISSN 0148-0227
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  5. S2CID 228967718
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  6. S2CID 34158909
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  7. S2CID 134343785
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  8. S2CID 221300355
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  9. ISSN 2296-7745
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  10. PMID 30956936
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  11. ^ "What The Melting Of Greenland's Ice Sheet Means For Sea Levels". All Things Considered, National Public Radio. August 1, 2019.
  12. ^ "EARTH'S THERMOMETERS: GLACIAL AND ICE SHEET MELT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE". www.congress.gov. July 11, 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  13. ^ "Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic". KSTP. 6 November 2021.
  14. ^ "A gloomy report card from the Arctic". NPR.org. December 14, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  15. ^ Kaplan, Sarah (December 14, 2021). "Climate change has destabilized the Earth's poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril". Washington Post. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  16. ^ Sakas, Michael Elizabeth. "Should Climate Scientists Be Climate Activists? One Tells Us 'We Can't Wait Any Longer' For Action". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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