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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Eric's AGU 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
Eric’s AGU Abstracts
Characterizing the memory of a water isotope CFA system using laboratory-grown ice samples of different isotopic compositions
ICE CORE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE I POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Andrea Oviatt, Maciej Sliwinski, Sonja Wahl, Noah ...
In places where snow accumulates over long periods of time, it is compacted into layers of ice with isotopic properties (e.g., δD, δ18O) that reflect ...
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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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A Tale of Two Deep Ice Cores: What we’ve learned about Greenland's Ice Sheet and When it was Gone from Sub-Glacial Cores at Camp Century and GISP-2
EVOLUTION OF GLACIERS IN POLAR REGIONS: NEW OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS FROM GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS II ORAL
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Paul R. Bierman, Jeremy D. Shakun, Eric J. Steig, ...
The bed of Greenlands ice sheet is little sampled. Of the deep ice cores, only Camp Century (1966) and GISP2 (1993) retrieved significant sub-glacial ...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
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Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
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