The blue suns of 1831: was the eruption of Ferdinandea, near Sicily, one of the largest volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century?

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Garrison, Christopher, Kilburn, Christopher, Smart, David, Edwards, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Claro; Greenland; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2607-2021; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00059667; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00059316/cp-17-2607-2021.pdf; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/17/2607/2021/cp-17-2607-2021.pdf

One of the largest climate forcing eruptions of the nineteenth century was, until recently, believed to have taken place at the Babuyan Claro volcano, in the Philippines, in 1831. However, a recent investigation found no reliable evidence of such an eruption, suggesting that the 1831 eruption must h...