Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years

Identifier

911.2

Title

Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years

Subject

Geography

Description

Ice-core and tree-ring data show that large volcanic eruptions in the tropics and high latitudes were primary drivers of temperature variability in the Northern Hemisphere during the past 2,500 years, firmly implicating such eruptions as catalysts in major sixth-century pandemics, famines, and socioeconomic disruptions.

Source

Nature
Vol. 523
No. 7562

Publisher

Nature

Date

30.07.2015

Format

PDF

Language

English

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Files

nature14565.pdf

Citation

M. Sigl, M. Winstrup, J. R. McConnell, K. C. Welten, G. Plunkett, F. Ludlow, U. Büntgen, M. Caffee, N. Chellman, D. Dahl-Jensen, H. Fischer, S. Kipfstuhl, C. Kostick, O. J. Maselli, F. Mekhaldi, R. Mulvaney, R. Muscheler, D. R. Pasteris, J. R. Pilcher, M. Salzer, S. Schüpbach, J. P. Steffensen, B. M. Vinther & T. E. Woodruff, “Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 11, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/214.