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Dr. Twila Moon

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Glaciologist & Deputy Lead Scientist @nsidc.bsky.social. Climate Science Engagement Lead @ciresceee.bsky.social. 2025 AGU Climate Comms Awardee. More at www.changingice.com. Views my own!

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Liking the coverage, disliking the cuts. ๐Ÿ˜ 

22.10.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for highlighting this excellent article. Evan Howell did a super job talking to many glaciologists! ๐Ÿ‘

22.10.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen โ€” and how fast โ€” is anything but settled.

There are many uncertainties in this article except this one: "Worldwide, some 230 million people live less than a meter above sea level, and 1 billion people are within 10 meters of sea level." www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...

20.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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CIRES' Twila Moon establishes new role in climate communications CIRES researcher Twila Moon will train mid-career professionals in climate education workshops across the United States.

#ICYMI, last spring, @nsidc.bsky.social Deputy Lead Scientist @drtwilamoon.bsky.social expanded her role at CIRES as the institute's first-ever climate communications engagement lead. buff.ly/HSsheIy #engage #climate #science

21.10.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US East Coast - one of the places that ice lost from Greenland ends up. Counterintuitively, places far from where land ice is lost are most impacted by the resulting sea level rise.

The drumbeat remains - mitigation + adaptation.

21.10.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
For Winter: Mount Logan for National Geographic | Steve Andrews A film documenting a record-breaking ice core sample from the summit plateau of Mount Logan. I was the sound mixer on this expedition in May 2022.

I think this might be as close as you can get to a taste of what For Winter was. It was such a fantastic film!
steveandrews.media/portfolio-fo...

17.10.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But doesn't look good to see these adding up...
bsky.app/profile/drtw...

17.10.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.

Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasnโ€™t gone away.

11.10.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"climate and environment are no longer priorities"

What an abysmal statement when geography so fundamentally IS climate and environment. ๐Ÿ˜ฃ

17.10.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector If youโ€™re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...

The disappearance of the inspiring science adventure film "For Winter" was crushing. Read the article (shorturl.at/02nDR) and...
โžก๏ธ Follow and support the amazing Alison Criscitiello
โžก๏ธ Tell National Geographic Society this is not OK and recalibrate your relationship with them.
โžก๏ธ Tell others.

16.10.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Climate change isn't a separate story -- it is part of the stories you are already telling.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธWednesday, October 22 | 2pm ET

Join for a conversation on how to make climate context seamless and engaging from on-air to social platforms.

๐Ÿ”— climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

15.10.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Kalaallit Nunaat Qaffappoq (Greenland Rising) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Pinngortitaleriffik (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources)

Research, teach, or communicate about #Greenland science (in English, Danish, or Greenlandic)?

โžก๏ธ StoryMap about fjord bathymetry and ecosystem, environment, people connections. Including as Greenlanders respond to potential *lowering* local sea levels.
arcg.is/10DiuG2

@lamont.columbia.edu

15.10.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience โ€˜As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,โ€™ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

When floodwaters hit remote Alaska villages, recovery isnโ€™t as simple as fixing up a home in the Lower 48.

No roads. No hardware stores. Winter closing in.

Families are facing impossible choices after Typhoon #Halong.

buff.ly/OS40JJ3
#Indigenous

14.10.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So excited!...

โžก๏ธ To get climate science foundations to professionals who need them. More about Engage Climate Science soon!

โžก๏ธ Set an example for scientist+communicator jobs. These should be all over research and academia. More please!

#science #climate

14.10.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! Delighted by the old twitter vibe already. ๐Ÿ˜

14.10.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@agu.org, the world's largest Earth and space science association, honors Jen Kay, Twila Moon, and Jennifer Balch with prestigious awards! Read: buff.ly/zYiL76Y .

01.10.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shutdown, Trump budget threaten popular sea ice website Millions of people a year visit the site run by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. It tracks changes to the worldโ€™s melting polar regions.

From E&E News by @Politico.com: "Shutdown, Trump budget threaten popular sea ice website." Millions of people a year visit the site run by the National Snow and Ice Data Center at @CIRES.colorado.edu. It tracks changes to the worldโ€™s melting polar regions. www.eenews.net/articles/shu...

06.10.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Climate Portal Guide | Aspen Global Change Institute

Website worth knowing: The Aspen Global Change Institute's User Guide to Climate Change Portals.

www.agci.org/projects/cli...

#climate #climateresources

14.10.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
climateliteracy.earth

Website worth knowing: www.climateliteracy.earth

#climateeducation #climateliteracy

13.10.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Essentially reading if you want to understand the feedback loops accelerating the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, which is contributing to global sea level rise.

By Twila Moon, deputy lead scientist @nsidc.bsky.social & researcher at @cires.colorado.edu

20.03.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making

For so long, fossil fuel projects have said their contribution to climate change is "negligible".
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

13.10.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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How We Came To Know Earth | Quanta Magazine Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science โ€” from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from...

Even exploring the table of contents for this @quantamagazine.bsky.social issue about climate science is enjoyable. www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
#climatescience #climate

13.10.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Frontiers | Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: a critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects Fossil-fuel burning is heating the planet with catastrophic consequences for its habitability and for the natural world on which our existence depends. Halti...

New paper out today led by Martin Siegert with about 40 others where we argue that some of the proposed Polar #Geoengineering schemes for ice sheets, sea ice and solar radiation are potentially dangerous and unethical.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

09.09.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The critical importance of comprehensive, science-based EPA and DOE climate reports | National Snow and Ice Data Center A statement from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

Still running into misinformation from the problematic DOE report & EPA proposal? Scientists @nsidc.bsky.social provided a short spotlight to convey *scientifically factual* information about sea ice, sea level rise, and more. nsidc.org/news-analyse...
#climate #sealevelrise #science

13.10.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Impacts of AMOC Collapse on Monsoon Rainfall: A Multiโ€Model Comparison A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) would cause a major rearrangement of all tropical monsoon systems Four state-of-the-art climate models show remarkable agreeme...

Read together: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) influences equatorial wind patterns (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone) & tropical monsoons (doi.org/10.1029/2023... @agu.org). ITCZ affects nutrient delivery to eastern Pacific (doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @pnas.org).
#ConnectedEarth

13.10.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Research highlight for iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
- Extreme runoff events increasing across all Arctic land ice areas (1990-2020).
- Especially notable increase in Western Arctic (Greenland, Ellesmere Island, Devon Island).
- Implications for ocean ecosystems and ocean circulation.
#Arctic

13.10.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Basal Melt Rate Variability and Tidal Current Vertical Structure From Observations Beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica Melt rate variability on spring-neap timescales is driven by fortnightly variations in both current speed and thermal driving Enhanced influence of ice base friction on the semidiurnal tidal elli...

Papers to read together... Tides influencing #Antarctic ice shelf basal melting (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... @agu.org) and tides allowing sea water infiltration where the ice sheet meets the ocean (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org).
#tides #ocean #ice #ConnectedEarth

13.10.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just arriving here. Let the adventure begin.

Expect: ice, climate science, quirky notes and insights.

13.10.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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