Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years
Volcanic eruptions contribute to climate variability, but quantifying these contributions has been limited by inconsistencies in the timing of atmospheric volcanic aerosol loading determined from ice cores and subsequent cooling from climate proxies such as tree rings. Here we resolve these inconsis...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:39324 2024-09-15T17:47:05+00:00 Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years Sigl, M. Winstrup, M. McConnell, J. R. Welten, K. C. Plunkett, G. Ludlow, F. Büntgen, U. Caffee, M. Chellman, N. Dahl-Jensen, D. Fischer, H. Kipfstuhl, Sepp Kostick, C. Maselli, O. J. Mekhaldi, F. Mulvaney, R. Muscheler, R. Pasteris, D. R. Pilcher, J. R. Salzer, M. Schüpbach, S. Steffensen, J. P. Vinther, B. M. Woodruff, T. E. 2015-07-30 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39324/ https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14565 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46503 unknown Macmillan Publishers Limited Sigl, M. , Winstrup, M. , McConnell, J. R. , Welten, K. C. , Plunkett, G. , Ludlow, F. , Büntgen, U. , Caffee, M. , Chellman, N. , Dahl-Jensen, D. , Fischer, H. , Kipfstuhl, S. , Kostick, C. , Maselli, O. J. , Mekhaldi, F. , Mulvaney, R. , Muscheler, R. , Pasteris, D. R. , Pilcher, J. R. , Salzer, M. , Schüpbach, S. , Steffensen, J. P. , Vinther, B. M. and Woodruff, T. E. (2015) Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years , Nature, 523 (7562), pp. 543-549 . doi:10.1038/nature14565 <https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14565> , hdl:10013/epic.46503 EPIC3Nature, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 523(7562), pp. 543-549, ISSN: 0028-0836 Article isiRev 2015 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14565 2024-06-24T04:13:16Z Volcanic eruptions contribute to climate variability, but quantifying these contributions has been limited by inconsistencies in the timing of atmospheric volcanic aerosol loading determined from ice cores and subsequent cooling from climate proxies such as tree rings. Here we resolve these inconsistencies and show that large eruptions in the tropics and high latitudes were primary drivers of interannual-to-decadal temperature variability in the Northern Hemisphere during the past 2,500 years. Our results are based on new records of atmospheric aerosol loading developed from high-resolution, multi-parameter measurements from an array of Greenland and Antarctic ice cores as well as distinctive age markers to constrain chronologies. Overall, cooling was proportional to the magnitude of volcanic forcing and persisted for up to ten years after some of the largest eruptive episodes. Our revised timescale more firmly implicates volcanic eruptions as catalysts in the major sixth-century pandemics, famines, and socioeconomic disruptions in Eurasia and Mesoamerica while allowing multi-millennium quantification of climate response to volcanic forcing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Greenland Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Nature 523 7562 543 549 |
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Volcanic eruptions contribute to climate variability, but quantifying these contributions has been limited by inconsistencies in the timing of atmospheric volcanic aerosol loading determined from ice cores and subsequent cooling from climate proxies such as tree rings. Here we resolve these inconsistencies and show that large eruptions in the tropics and high latitudes were primary drivers of interannual-to-decadal temperature variability in the Northern Hemisphere during the past 2,500 years. Our results are based on new records of atmospheric aerosol loading developed from high-resolution, multi-parameter measurements from an array of Greenland and Antarctic ice cores as well as distinctive age markers to constrain chronologies. Overall, cooling was proportional to the magnitude of volcanic forcing and persisted for up to ten years after some of the largest eruptive episodes. Our revised timescale more firmly implicates volcanic eruptions as catalysts in the major sixth-century pandemics, famines, and socioeconomic disruptions in Eurasia and Mesoamerica while allowing multi-millennium quantification of climate response to volcanic forcing. |
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Sigl, M. Winstrup, M. McConnell, J. R. Welten, K. C. Plunkett, G. Ludlow, F. Büntgen, U. Caffee, M. Chellman, N. Dahl-Jensen, D. Fischer, H. Kipfstuhl, Sepp Kostick, C. Maselli, O. J. Mekhaldi, F. Mulvaney, R. Muscheler, R. Pasteris, D. R. Pilcher, J. R. Salzer, M. Schüpbach, S. Steffensen, J. P. Vinther, B. M. Woodruff, T. E. |
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Sigl, M. Winstrup, M. McConnell, J. R. Welten, K. C. Plunkett, G. Ludlow, F. Büntgen, U. Caffee, M. Chellman, N. Dahl-Jensen, D. Fischer, H. Kipfstuhl, Sepp Kostick, C. Maselli, O. J. Mekhaldi, F. Mulvaney, R. Muscheler, R. Pasteris, D. R. Pilcher, J. R. Salzer, M. Schüpbach, S. Steffensen, J. P. Vinther, B. M. Woodruff, T. E. Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years |
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Sigl, M. Winstrup, M. McConnell, J. R. Welten, K. C. Plunkett, G. Ludlow, F. Büntgen, U. Caffee, M. Chellman, N. Dahl-Jensen, D. Fischer, H. Kipfstuhl, Sepp Kostick, C. Maselli, O. J. Mekhaldi, F. Mulvaney, R. Muscheler, R. Pasteris, D. R. Pilcher, J. R. Salzer, M. Schüpbach, S. Steffensen, J. P. Vinther, B. M. Woodruff, T. E. |
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