Tracing devastating fires in Portugal to a snow archive in the Swiss Alps: a case study ...

• Main Authors: Osmont, Dimitri, Brugger, Sandra, Gilgen, Anina, Weber, Helga, Sigl, Michael, Modini, Robin L., Schwörer, Christoph, Tinner, Willy, Wunderle, Stefan, Schwikowski, Margit
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: 580 Plants Botany; 530 Physics; 540 Chemistry; 570 Life sciences; biology; 910 Geography & travel; ice core
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.146088; https://boris.unibe.ch/146088/

Recent large wildfires, such as those in Portugal in 2017, have devastating impacts on societies, economy, ecosystems and environments. However, wildfires are a natural phenomenon, which has been exacerbated by land use during the past millennia. Ice cores are one of the archives preserving informat...