Member Since 1990
Eric J. Steig
Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington Seattle
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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Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
Publications
Uncertainty in Reconstructing Paleo‐Elevation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet From Temperature‐Sensitive ...
Paleotemperature reconstructions from ice cores are mixed signals of changes in climate and ice‐surface elevation. A common, temperature̴...
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
Influence of local wind patterns on Circumpolar Deep Water transport in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
high latitude environments | 21 february 2024
Gemma K. O'Connor, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Eric J. Ste...
Ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) of West Antarctica are rapidly thinning via ocean-driven melting. Studies have shown that westerly win...
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Optimizing a Continuous Flow Analysis (CFA) System for Water Isotope Research
ICE CORE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IV POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2023
Noah Brown, Maciej Sliwinski, Eric J. Steig, Andre...
Water isotopes from ice cores are an important proxy for reconstruction of Earths past climate. A continuous flow analysis (CFA) system provides preci...
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What can we learn from d-excess in polar snow?
ICE CORE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IV POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2023
Sonja Wahl, Laura Dietrich, Mathieu Casado, Amaell...
The climate signal stored in stable water isotope records retrieved from polar ice cores contains information on different temporal and spatial scales...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
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