Twila Moon is a scientist at the

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known for her work on the

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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 and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

(2008). She earned her Ph.D. in 2014 from the University of Washington where she worked on ice mass loss from a

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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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