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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: geo; hist; Greenland; Claro; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2607-2021; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/17/2607/2021/

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...