Eric Steig
Glaciologist and isotope geochemist. Research focus is the climate of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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- Reposted by Eric Steigafter reading this, I subscribed to @theverge.com we need to support outlets who are holding those in power to account www.theverge.com/policy/63339...
- Read this and weep. Use Google translate if you don't speak French. Short version is: French researcher not allowed to enter US because he had personal texts or emails criticizing Trump. This was equated with "terrorism" by the US officials. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
- Reposted by Eric SteigSkillful weather forecasting, along with the increased preparedness it allows, is a landmark achievement of not only the US but of the human race. There are few other fields in the sciences where skillful prediction has had such an immense impact on our society. www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
- The New York Times reports that American business leaders are surprised Trump is following through on tariffs. But he's expressed his love of tariffs for the last 40 years! I would dearly love to know: Are American business leaders greedy because they are stupid, or stupid because they are greedy?
- Reposted by Eric Steig🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️ www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
- Reposted by Eric SteigFriendly reminder: if you are waiting on something from a US-based scientist/reviewer/editor, please realize that we're barely making it through each day putting out non-stop fires and trying not to collapse into tears. We're trying our best, but things will take longer right now. Give grace.
- Pleased to announce the publication of the study led by Ben Hills on crystal fabric at Hercules Dome, Antarctica. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Prediction: Other countries are going to require US citizens to have proof of various vaccinations which are currently not required because the US has previously been certified as a measles-free (meaning very very low incidence) country by the WHO. That certification will expire, and not be renewed.
- "The US took nearly a century to craft its rich scientific ecosystem; if the unraveling that has taken place over the past month continues, Americans will feel the effects for decades to come." www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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- "The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022. The annual cost of extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited the rich? $400 billion. Keep this in mind as Trump and Elon lay off thousands of federal workers." -- former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich.
- Reposted by Eric SteigI've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful. The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action. The truth is bad enough!
- Reposted by Eric Steig🔥New paper alert! 🔥🧪❄️🥼 Ever wondered what to consider when drilling through an ice sheet into rock? We take you through how we chose a drill site in West #Antarctica using field observations, samples, radar survey, modelling & satellite imagery. tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/... @bas.ac.uk 🧵1/n
- Reposted by Eric SteigIt would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
- Reposted by Eric SteigThere are no "natural" disasters.
- Important paper in Nature today about collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. There is a positive isotope anomaly at Skytrain Ice Rise during the last interglacial, consistent with what we found in our high-resolution water-isotope simulations when WAIS collapses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- This is a "must read" essay, from @climatehuman.bsky.social (Peter Kalmus). www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
- Congratulations to my great friend Richard Alley, who was awarded the National Medal of Science today. nationalmedals.org/stories/the-...
- Just a quick note to say I'm not using X or Bsky much, and probably won't. If you are interested in the Hercules Dome project, note that we have a workshop planned for May in Minneapolis. See herculesdome.org and consider joining our mailing list.
- We are hiring. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, has a new assistant professor position in Geomorphology. apply.interfolio.com/147791
- Grateful to the Guggenheim foundation for supporting my work. www.gf.org/announcements/
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- Reposted by Eric SteigGo give a warm Bluesky follow to @ericsteig.bsky.social This article titled: “Deep ice samples extracted from the glacier could help explain the string of climate-related events buffeting Western Canada” is about Eric’s work over the last 20 years Worth a follow: @ericsteig.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eric SteigCalls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
- Nice article about my work over the last 20 years on Mt. Waddington, British Columbia, with colleagues @icy_pete Peter Neff (ESS alumn at UMN) and Brian Menounos (UNBC). www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
- Here's the 2nd of 3 Globe and Mail articles about our work. This one focuses on Brian Menounos's work on the fate of BC's glaciers. I don't believe Brian is on BSKY yet. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
- Fguring out how to use this platform. Trying to make sure I'm in the right science feeds. 🧪⚒️ @danirabaiotti.bsky.social
- This will be my first actual post on this platform. I want to highlight the recent paper by Naughten and others, here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is a really important paper, but I want to mention a couple of minor caveats.
- Reposted by Eric SteigThis will be my first actual post on this platform. I want to highlight the recent paper by Naughten and others, here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is a really important paper, but I want to mention a couple of minor caveats.
