Eric Steig

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

Eric Steig
NationalityCanadian, American
EducationUniversity of Washington
Alma materHampshire College
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry
Glaciology
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington, University of Edinburgh, University of Copenhagen, University of Colorado, University of Pennsylvania
ThesisBeryllium-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

Steig is the Ben Rabinowitz Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington.[1] Since 2020, he has served as Department Chair.[2] He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.

He has published more than 175 peer-reviewed scientific papers on topics including ice-core analysis, instrument development, polar climate variability, and ice-sheet history.[3] He is best known for his work on climate change in Antarctica and its influence on the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet.

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

Steig was one of the founding contributors to RealClimate,[4] 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,[5] and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[6][7] in part for this "early innovation in science communication". He has also been recognized as a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow.[8][9]

In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union "for numerous fundamental contributions in ice core, paleoclimate, and climate dynamics research".[10][11]

References
  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. "Eric Steig". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  4. "Welcome Climate Bloggers". Nature.com. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  5. "Climatologists get real over global warming". Nature.com. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  6. "Six UW faculty members named AAAS fellows". UW News. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  7. "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows". AAAS.org. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  8. "Kavli Frontiers of Science Alumni". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  9. "Kavli Frontiers of Science 17th Annual Symposium". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  10. "Congratulations 2023 Honorees: Union Fellows". AGU.org. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  11. "Five UW faculty members elected as AGU Fellows, plus more honors". UW.edu. 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-09-19.


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