Twila Moon

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

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

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. 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

1. "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.