Dear Karina Schollaen,

Thank you for submitting your revised manuscript to Climate of the Past.

I've been going through the documents provided as comments on the interactive discussion but I'm having trouble in some places in seeing what revisions have been made based on specific comments of the reviewers. For example, in the "specific comments" of reviewer 1, I can see the responses that you give the reviewer but it would help me if you also indicate what (if any) changes were made to the manuscript as well. Also for reviewer 2 there are a lot of important comments all grouped in a long paragraph and then your responses all grouped together. This is making it difficult for me to see what has been done for each specific comment. Can you please reformat this section so it is clearer.

If possible it would also be helpful if you could provide a version of the manuscript that highlights the changes that have been be made in the revisions compared to the original version (e.g. a track changes version, or a diff version of a LaTex file, or a version where the changed/new text is in a different colour).

The "reconsider after major revisions" decision that you will see in this message is simply an option that I needed to select to send this request back to you. I am not asking for any additional revisions at this stage - just more clarity on the current version so that I can assess the revisions that have been made in response to the reviewer comments.

If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me or the Climate of the Past editorial support team.

Thanks,
Nerilie

Dear Karina Schollaen and co-authors,

Thank you for submitting your revised manuscript to Climate of the Past. I am satisfied that the revisions answer the questions raised by the two reviewers. I am pleased to now be able to accept your manuscript for publication.

In the publication files of your manuscript can you please ensure that the LDEO contribution number given in the acknowledgements is updated.

Sincerely,
Nerilie Abram