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

• Main Authors: Garrison, C, Kilburn, C, Smart, D, Edwards, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 2021
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Geology; EL-CHICHON VOLCANO; SULFUR; CHIAPAS; MEXICO; MOONS; Greenland; Claro; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141728/1/cp-17-2607-2021.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141728/

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...