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Eric Steig
NationalityCanadian, American
EducationUniversity of Washington
Alma materHampshire College
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry
Glaciology
Climatology
Paleoclimatology
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington, University of Edinburgh, University of Copenhagen, University of Colorado, University of Pennsylvania
Thesis Beryllium-10 in the Taylor Dome Ice Core: Applications to Antarctic glaciology and paleoclimatology  (1996)
Doctoral advisorMinze Stuiver
Other academic advisorsStephen C. Porter, Pieter M. Grootes, Edwin D. Waddington, Alan R. Gillespie

Eric Steig is a Canadian-American scientist specializing in polar climate, glaciology, isotope geochemistry, and ice core science.

Steig is the Ben Rabinowitz Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington.[1] He is also adjunct professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.

Steig served as Chair of the University of Washington's Department of Earth and Space Sciences from 2020 to 2024[2] and Director of the Quaternary Research Center from 2008 to 2014.[3]

He has published more than 175 peer-reviewed scientific papers on topics including ice-core analysis, polar climate variability, and ice-sheet history.[4] He is best known for his work on climate change in Antarctica and its influence on the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet, and for research in the British Columbia Coast Range mountains.[5] He is also known for development of novel methods in laser spectroscopy, including the analysis of the rare oxygen-17 isotope in water.[6]

He was Senior Editor of the journal Quaternary Research from 2004 to 2008, and a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science (journal) from 2013 to 2018.

Steig was one of the founding contributors to RealClimate,[7] the first prominent blog about climate science written by scientists, which was founded to "to provide responses to and context for press coverage of climate research".[8] He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019,[9][10] in part for this "early innovation in science communication". He has also been recognized as a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow.[11][12]

In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union "for numerous fundamental contributions in ice core, paleoclimate, and climate dynamics research".[13][14] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Eric Steig". College of the Environment. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  2. ^ "Eric Steig named chair of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences". College of the Environment. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  3. ^ "Quaternary Research Center: About Us". Quaternary Research Center. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  4. ^ "Eric Steig". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  5. ^ "Unearthing climate history frozen in time". Globe and Mail. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  6. ^ Steig, E.J.; Gkinis, V.; Schauer, A.J.; Schoenemann, S.W.; Samek, K; Hoffnagle, J; Dennis, K.J.; Tan, S.M. (2014). "Calibrated high-precision 17O-excess measurements using cavity ring-down spectroscopy with laser-current-tuned cavity resonance". Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 7 (8): 2421–2435. Bibcode:2014AMT.....7.2421S. doi:10.5194/amt-7-2421-2014. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  7. ^ "Welcome Climate Bloggers". Nature. 432 (7020): 933. 2004. Bibcode:2004Natur.432Q.933.. doi:10.1038/432933a. PMID 15616516. S2CID 4342114. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  8. ^ "Climatologists get real over global warming". Nature.com. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  9. ^ "Six UW faculty members named AAAS fellows". UW News. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  10. ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows". AAAS.org. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  11. ^ "Kavli Frontiers of Science Alumni". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  12. ^ "Kavli Frontiers of Science 17th Annual Symposium". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  13. ^ "Congratulations 2023 Honorees: Union Fellows". AGU.org. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  14. ^ "Five UW faculty members elected as AGU Fellows, plus more honors". UW.edu. 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  15. ^ "Announcing the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows". gf.org. 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
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