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Peter is a glaciologist and climate scientist working primarily to develop glacier ice core records of past climate, environmental conditions, and atmospheric chemistry. Peter’s current research focuses on better understanding recent climate of changing coastal regions in West Antarctica, areas which play a large role in uncertainty for future projections of sea level rise. He is the US leader of the "RAICA" effort, a South Korea - US effort to recover ice cores and construct a "Ross-Amundsen Ice Core Array." Peter is also working to capture the last 200-500 years of hydroclimate variability in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, recently recovering a 219 meter-long ice core from Mt. Waddington and now developing the southernmost annually-resolved ice core paleoclimate record in North America. Peter is the Director of Field Research and Data for the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center that seeks to find the oldest possible ice core records of past climate preserved in Antarctica. Peter shares widely about ice core climate science via Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Victoria University of Wellington
Award Date: Nov 15 2015
MS, University of Washington
Award Date: Apr 1 2012
BS, University of Washington
Award Date: Jun 30 2009
Research Interest Keywords
- Paleoclimate
- Antarctica
- Climate Science
- Climate Change
- Glaciology
- Geochemistry
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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NSF Science & Technology Center: Center for OLDest Ice EXploration (COLDEX)
Neff, P. D. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Roop, H. A. (PI)
10/1/21 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
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Center for OLDest Ice EXploration (COLDEX)
Neff, P. D. (PI) & Roop, H. A. (Prior Principal Investigator)
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
10/1/21 → 9/30/25
Project: Research project
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Constructing radar snow accumulation time series to improve understanding of surface mass balance processes and recent climate in coastal West Antarctica
Neff, P. D. (PI) & Andreasen, J. R. (CoI)
9/1/21 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Ice core and firn aquifer studies at Combatant Col, British Columbia, Canada
Neff, P. D. (PI)
National Science Foundation, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
7/15/20 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Social network analysis to understand participant engagement in transdisciplinary team science: a large U.S. Science and Technology Center case study
Huffman, D. R., Bruns, C. J., Neff, P. D. & Roop, H. A., Dec 2025, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12, 1, 405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part I: Observations and Meteorological Drivers
Wille, J. D., Alexander, S. P., Amory, C., Baiman, R., Barthélemy, L., Bergstrom, D. M., Berne, A., Binder, H., Blanchet, J., Bozkurt, D., Bracegirdle, T. J., Casado, M., Choi, T., Clem, K. R., Codron, F., Datta, R., Di Battista, S., Favier, V., Francis, D. & Fraser, A. D. & 34 others, , Feb 10 2024, In: Journal of Climate. 37, 3, p. 757-778 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part II: Impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Wille, J. D., Alexander, S. P., Amory, C., Baiman, R., Barthélemy, L., Bergstrom, D. M., Berne, A., Binder, H., Blanchet, J., Bozkurt, D., Bracegirdle, T. J., Casado, M., Choi, T., Clem, K. R., Codron, F., Datta, R., Di Battista, S., Favier, V., Francis, D. & Fraser, A. D. & 34 others, , Feb 10 2024, In: Journal of Climate. 37, 3, p. 779-799 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The new Kr-86 excess ice core proxy for synoptic activity: West Antarctic storminess possibly linked to Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) movement through the last deglaciation
Buizert, C., Shackleton, S., Severinghaus, J. P., Roberts, W. H. G., Seltzer, A., Bereiter, B., Kawamura, K., Baggenstos, D., Orsi, A. J., Oyabu, I., Birner, B., Morgan, J. D., Brook, E. J., Etheridge, D. M., Thornton, D., Bertler, N., Pyne, R. L., Mulvaney, R., Mosley-Thompson, E. & Neff, P. D. & 1 others, , Mar 15 2023, In: Climate of the Past. 19, 3, p. 579-606 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Using ice core measurements from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, to calibrate in situ cosmogenic 14C production rates by muons
Dyonisius, M. N., Petrenko, V. V., Smith, A. M., Hmiel, B., Neff, P. D., Yang, B., Hua, Q., Schmitt, J., Shackleton, S. A., Buizert, C., Place, P. F., Menking, J. A., Beaudette, R., Harth, C., Kalk, M., Roop, H. A., Bereiter, B., Armanetti, C., Vimont, I. & Englund Michel, S. & 4 others, , Feb 20 2023, In: Cryosphere. 17, 2, p. 843-863 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations
Press/Media
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Daring ‘James Bond’ mission to drill Antarctic ice cores could reveal future of sea level rise
4/18/24
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How Antarctica’s history of isolation is ending—thanks to Starlink
2/26/24
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American scientists explore Antarctica for oldest-ever ice to help understand climate change
12/26/23
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An undersea cable could bring speedy internet to Antarctica
11/26/21
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High-speed internet could be coming to Antarctica
11/23/21
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