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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

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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

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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

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  • 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. Bibcode:2010JGlac..56..415J. doi:10.3189/002214310792447734. S2CID 32127970.
  • Moon, T.; Joughin, I.; Smith, B.; Howat, I. (4 May 2012). "21st-Century Evolution of Greenland Outlet Glacier Velocities". Science. 336 (6081): 576–578. Bibcode:2012Sci...336..576M. doi:10.1126/science.1219985. PMID 22556249. 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. Bibcode:2008JGRF..113.2022M. 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. doi:10.1002/2014GL061836. PMC 4373171. PMID 25821275.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Twila Moon CV at congress.gov" (PDF). congress.gov. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Moon, Twila; Joughin, Ian R (2014). Greenland outlet glacier behavior during the 21st century: understanding velocities and environmental factors (Thesis). hdl:1773/26278. OCLC 897830094.
  3. ^ "Moon's website".
  4. ^ Moon, Twila; Joughin, Ian (2008-06-07). "Changes in ice front position on Greenland's outlet glaciers from 1992 to 2007". Journal of Geophysical Research. 113 (F2): F02022. Bibcode:2008JGRF..113.2022M. doi:10.1029/2007JF000927. ISSN 0148-0227.
  5. ^ Moon, Twila A.; Gardner, Alex S.; Csatho, Beata; Parmuzin, Ivan; Fahnestock, Mark A. (2020). "Rapid Reconfiguration of the Greenland Ice Sheet Coastal Margin". Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 125 (11). Bibcode:2020JGRF..12505585M. doi:10.1029/2020JF005585. ISSN 2169-9003. S2CID 228967718.
  6. ^ Moon, T.; Joughin, I.; Smith, B.; Howat, I. (2012-05-04). "21st-Century Evolution of Greenland Outlet Glacier Velocities". Science. 336 (6081): 576–578. Bibcode:2012Sci...336..576M. doi:10.1126/science.1219985. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22556249. S2CID 34158909.
  7. ^ Moon, T.; Sutherland, D. A.; Carroll, D.; Felikson, D.; Kehrl, L.; Straneo, F. (2018). "Subsurface iceberg melt key to Greenland fjord freshwater budget". Nature Geoscience. 11 (1): 49–54. Bibcode:2018NatGe..11...49M. doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0018-z. ISSN 1752-0894. S2CID 134343785.
  8. ^ Moon, Twila; Scambos, Ted; Abdalati, Waleed; Ahlstrøm, Andreas P.; Bindschadler, Robert; Gambill, Jill; Heimbach, Patrick; Hock, Regine; Langley, Kirsty; Miller, Ian; Truffer, Martin (2020-09-02). "Ending a Sea of Confusion: Insights and Opportunities in Sea-Level Change Communication". Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 62 (5): 4–15. doi:10.1080/00139157.2020.1791627. ISSN 0013-9157. S2CID 221300355.
  9. ^ Straneo, Fiammetta; Sutherland, David A.; Stearns, Leigh; Catania, Ginny; Heimbach, Patrick; Moon, Twila; Cape, Mattias R.; Laidre, Kristin L.; Barber, Dave; Rysgaard, Søren; Mottram, Ruth (2019-03-29). "The Case for a Sustained Greenland Ice Sheet-Ocean Observing System (GrIOOS)". Frontiers in Marine Science. 6: 138. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00138. ISSN 2296-7745.
  10. ^ Moon, Twila; Ahlstrøm, Andreas; Goelzer, Heiko; Lipscomb, William; Nowicki, Sophie (2018). "Rising Oceans Guaranteed: Arctic Land Ice Loss and Sea Level Rise". Current Climate Change Reports. 4 (3): 211–222. doi:10.1007/s40641-018-0107-0. ISSN 2198-6061. PMC 6428231. PMID 30956936.
  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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