Twila Moon is a scientist at the

National Snow and Ice Data Center The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is a United States information and referral center in support of polar and cryospheric research. NSIDC archives and distributes digital and analog snow and ice data and also maintains information abo ...

known for her work on the

Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

Education and career

Moon has a B.S. from Stanford University (2004) and an M.S. from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

(2008). She earned her Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Washington where she worked on ice mass loss from a

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

glacier. Following her Ph.D. she did postdoctoral work at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the

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before joining the National Snow and Ice Data Center as a research scientist in 2017.

Research

Moon is best known for her research on the Greenland ice sheet. Her early research examined the position of the ice sheet, and the change in the movement of the glacier. She has examined how water produced at the bottom of icebergs contributes to the freshwater found in Greenland's fjords, and defines the impact of the loss of the Greenland ice sheet on sea level rise. She is part of the group working to establish long-term observations of the Greenland ice sheet. Moon has examined the data quantifying the loss of ice from the Greenland ice sheet, and shares these results via conversations with the media and the

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. She speaks on climate change with multiple venues in the media, and is a co-author of Arctic report card. Moon has spoken about the border between being a scientist and being an activist in the realm of climate science.

Selected publications

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References

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