Department of Oceanography

Faculty of Science

Eric Oliver

Associate Professor

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Department of Oceanography , Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science

Email: Eric.Oliver@Dal.Ca
Mailing Address: 
Room 5635, LSC Ocean Wing, 6287 Alumni Crescent, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Physical oceanography
  • Sea ice science
  • Inuit Knowledge

EDUCATION

  • B.Sc. - Physics and Mathematics, Acadia University
  • M.Sc. - Physics, University of Ottawa
  • Ph.D. - Physical Oceanography, Dalhousie University

PUBLICATIONS

  • Bishop, B., B. Andersen, E. C. J. Oliver, C. Aporta, and K. Anthony (2026). Co-developing a conceptual model rooted in Inuit Knowledge: A case study of the landfast sea ice season near Makkovik, Nunatsiavut. Arctic Science, 12: 1-23, doi: 10.1139/as-2025-0047. 

  • Bishop, B., M. Denniston, E. C. J. Oliver, and C. Aporta (2025), An iterative and participatory method for mapping Inuit Knowledge of ice and ocean in Nunatsiavut, Human Ecology, 53, pp. 843-864, doi: 10.1007/s10745-025-00631-8. 

  • Richaud, B., M. Dowd, C. Renkl, E. C. J. Oliver (2025), Sea Ice Non-Linearities Act to Rectify and Filter Oceanic and Atmospheric Forcing, Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0485.1.

  • Oliver, E. C. J., J. A. Benthuysen, S. Darmaraki, M. G. Donat, A. J. Hobday, N. J. Holbrook, R. W. Schlegel and A. Sen Gupta (2021), Marine Heatwaves, Annual Review of Marine Science, 13, pp. 313-342, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-032720-095144.

  • Oliver, E. C. J., M. Burrows, M. Donat, A. Sen Gupta, L. Alexander, S. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, J. Benthuysen, A. Hobday, N. Holbrook, P. Moore, M. Thomsen, T. Wernberg and D. Smale (2019), Projected marine heatwaves in the 21st century and the potential for ecological impact, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, pp. 734, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00734.

  • Oliver, E. C. J., M. G. Donat, M. T. Burrows, P. J. Moore, D. A. Smale, L. V. Alexander, J. A. Benthuysen, M. Feng, A. Sen Gupta, A. J. Hobday, N. J. Holbrook, S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, H. A. Scannell, S. C. Straub and T. Wernberg (2018), Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century, Nature Communications, 9 (1324), doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03732-9.