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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: D. Osmont, S. Brugger, A. Gilgen, H. Weber, M. Sigl, R. L. Modini, C. Schwörer, W. Tinner, S. Wunderle, M. Schwikowski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: envir; geo; Finn; ice core; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3731-2020; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/3731/2020/tc-14-3731-2020.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/2d6c9df77973437ca870ef95bee0efb7

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...