Megan Thompson-Munson

Pronouns: she/her
Recent graduate of @CUBoulderATOC 🧊❄️☁️

[CIRES @CIRESnews]

A new CIRES and @INSTAAR-led study found Greenland's "firn" - the spongy layer between ice and snow - is more sensitive to warming than cooling. The paper was led by CIRES and @CUBoulder PhD graduate @GlacialMeg and CIRES Fellow @JenKayCU Read the story: https://t.co/ndOCANIJ66

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

Check out our new paper! And please enjoy this great write-up on it in @CIRESnews: https://t.co/Hmh8g9XeK8

[The Cryosphere @EGU_TC]

New research article: Greenland's firn responds more to warming than to cooling https://t.co/Oy7LxX6PHX

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

@afeinstein20 Thank you so much! It was so great to see you last week :)

[ATOC at CU-Boulder @CUBoulderATOC]

👏👏👏Congratulations to Megan Thompson-Munson for winning OSPA @theAGU 2023!!

[Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 🌈 @NatRevEarthEnv]

🚨New Review!

Firn on ice sheets❄️🧊

By the Firn Symposium team @StefLhermitte @tridatta1 @IcenPoles @bert_polar @colinrmeyer @hansen_nicolaj @athul_k12 @buzzard42735 @DevonDunmire @bjsimonsen @glacialeek @GlacialMeg

https://t.co/cJEQC8HrVo
Free: https://t.co/wI94GczjdY

[Stef Lhermitte @StefLhermitte]

📢 Exciting Announcement! The firn Symposium's review paper is out in @NatRevEarthEnv, shedding light on the crucial role of firn in Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets 🏔️❄️ 🌊 [1/n].

📰 https://t.co/BB6BxXmV1k [Behind 💰-🧱, so DM if you want a copy]

[Ian McDowell @glacialeek]

New preprint in TC on our work developing high-resolution maps of grain size and ice layer stratigraphy in firn cores! Check it out to see more about the method, dataset, and an application of these maps to document firn structure changes after extreme melt. Feedback is welcome!

[CIRES @CIRESnews]

For this week’s #HumansOfCIRES, meet Megan Thompson-Munson, a PhD student @CUBoulderATOC. Megan uses models to study how climate change affects the #Greenland Ice Sheet, and her favorite food is apple pie w/ extra-sharp cheddar cheese! Read the interview: https://t.co/dFpgkGnvRI

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

'tis the season of automatic email replies making me very jealous of everyone's summer field work

[CPW SW Region @CPW_SW]

Croc spotted at Sweitzer Lake State Park 👀👀👀

Be careful on the water this weekend folks!

[Dr. Alison Banwell @AliBanwell]

Our new article led by @naomi_ochwat @CIRESnews is open for discussion in the @EGU_TC: "Triggers of the 2022 Larsen B multi-year landfast sea ice break-out and initial glacier response"
https://t.co/AjVOip6W3F

@NSIDC @INSTAAR @MLMaclennan @gsnowph @sebamarinsek @exploreice

[Ellyn Enderlin @glacier_doc]

Ever wondered why the edges of floating ice tongues look feathered? Check out this paper by @TimBartholomaus's former PhD student Chris Miele: https://t.co/5cn35BGddW Chris used the icepack model (https://t.co/8uTaZPBQfV) to show loss of side friction causes extension & rifting!

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

@rebeccadell1 HUGE congratulations, Becky!! SPRI is so lucky to have you! 🎉

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

@celestelabedz that's a fantastic description 💯

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

In a very wholesome moment at our research group dinner yesterday, we reminisced about the best #clouds ☁️ we'd ever seen. In case anyone's wondering, these are my top 3 📷

🔥 pyrocumulus in Colorado, 🛸 lenticular on Mt. Rainier, & 🏔️ a perfect band of clouds on the Tetons

[Dr. Alison Banwell @AliBanwell]

Out today! Our new study in #AGUpubs: “Quantifying Antarctic-Wide Ice-Shelf Surface Melt Volume Using Microwave and Firn Model Data: 1980 to 2021” https://t.co/3sL1BHdu0u

W/ co-authors N Wever, @DevonDunmire & @gsnowph

@CIRESnews @NSIDC @CUArtsSciences @AGU_Cryo @ProtectWinters

[CIRES @CIRESnews]

Antarctic ice shelves experienced only minor changes in surface melt since 1980, according to a new CIRES/@CUBoulder-led assessment. But the authors of the paper expect melt to increase in the coming decades. Read the story: https://t.co/1YPWNsMAYA

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

Check out this fun story about our recent field trip!

[CIRES @CIRESnews]

🎙️ New CIRES audio story — Three days in the field help grad students bridge observations and data! Listen or read the story by CIRES' @SMaltarich: https://t.co/M7dA3hkxzo

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

@krishoudyshell @BAS_News So exciting!! Can't wait to hear about firn squishing 😉

[Megan Thompson-Munson @GlacialMeg]

Impressive change of possibly my favorite glacier. You can see both retreat and thinning! 🚨

[EastGRIP Camp @egripcamp]

Today we show the 20-year development of the Russell glacier that can be visited from Kangerlussuaq and that many of our field participants have visited over the years. The glacier is connected to the Greenland ice sheet and is a popular sightseeing spot as it is quite impressive