Member Since 1990
Eric J. Steig
Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington Seattle
Member, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
Eric Steig is a glaciologist and geochemist whose research focuses on polar climate variability, with emphasis on the role of climate in ice-sheet change, using ice-core records, climate modeling, and data-assimilation methods. He developed the first successful triple-oxygen-isotope laser spectrometer for H2O. In 2004, he co-founded RealClimate.org, the first prominent blog run by climate scientists. He teaches paleoclimatology, geochemistry, and history of science.
Professional Experience
University of Washington Seattle
Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences
2019 - Present
University of Edinburgh
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor
2014 - 2015
University of Copenhagen
Visiting Professor
2014 - 2014
Aix Marseille University
Visiting Professor
2007 - 2008
University of Washington Seattle
Assitant Professor
2001 - 2004
University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor
1999 - 2001
University of Colorado Boulder
Postdoc/Research Associate II
1996 - 1999
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Education
University of Washington Seattle
Doctorate
University of Washington Seattle
Masters
Hampshire College
Bachelors
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Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2023
Citation
For numerous fundamental contributions in ice core, paleoclimate, and climate dynamics research
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Publications
Radar‐Derived Crystal Orientation Fabric Suggests Dynamic Stability at the Summit of Hercules Dome
Hercules Dome is a prospective ice‐core site due to its setting in the bottleneck between East and West Antarctica. If ice from the last inte...
February 25, 2025
Uncertainty in Reconstructing Paleo‐Elevation of the Antarct...
November 29, 2022
Geophysics and Thermodynamics at South Pole Lake Indicate St...
January 27, 2022
Strengthening Southern Hemisphere Westerlies and Amundsen Se...
December 10, 2021
AGU Abstracts
The Combatant Col Ice Core project: a 219 meter-long ice core and geophysical observations of a firn aquifer at Mt. Waddington, southern Coast Mountains, BC, Canada
OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS OF GLACIER CHANGE I ORAL
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Peter D. Neff, Eric J. Steig, Brian Menounos, Juli...
Ice cores are well known for providing well-dated, highly-resolved records of past environmental, climate, and glacier change but are restricted to hi...
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Holocene Proxy Data Constraints on Climate Model and Data Assimilation Products for Greenland
UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS OF MOUNTAIN GLACIER AND ICE SHEET CHANGE ACROSS CONTEMPORARY AND PALEOCLIMATE TIMESCALES II ORAL
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Elizabeth K K. Thomas, Gerard Otiniano, Olivia Tru...
Ice-sheet model simulations of the Greenland Ice Sheet spanning the Holocene provide important context for modern and future ice loss. Gridded climate...
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Characterizing Stable Water Isotope Signals in Modern Snow from the Allan Hills
ICE CORE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE I POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Sara Akiba, Sonja Wahl, Lindsey Davidge, Andrew J....
Ice core records of stable water isotopes (δ18O and δD) are used for reconstructing past climate variations. The Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (CO...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
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