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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1475-2022
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The 852/3 CE Mount Churchill eruption: examining the potential climatic and societal impacts and the timing of the Medieval Climate Anomaly in the North Atlantic region
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Gill Plunkett
Archaeology & Palaeoecology, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
Britta J. L. Jensen
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
Thomas J. Aubry
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, CB2 3HU, UK
Christophe Corona
Geolab, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
Woon Mi Kim
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Matthew Toohey
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E2, Canada
Michael Sigl
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Markus Stoffel
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
Kevin J. Anchukaitis
School of Geography, Development, and Environment and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Christoph Raible
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Matthew S. M. Bolton
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
Joseph G. Manning
Department of History, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Timothy P. Newfield
Department of History, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 20057, USA
Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 20057, USA
Nicola Di Cosmo
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
Francis Ludlow
Department of History and Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
Conor Kostick
Department of History and Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
Zhen Yang
Department of History and Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
Lisa Coyle McClung
Archaeology & Palaeoecology, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
Matthew Amesbury
Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
Alistair Monteath
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
Paul D. M. Hughes
School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Pete G. Langdon
School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Dan Charman
Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
Robert Booth
Earth and Environmental Science Department, Lehigh University, PA 18015, USA
Kimberley L. Davies
Institute for Modelling Socio-Environmental Transitions, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, BH12 5BB, UK
Antony Blundell
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Graeme T. Swindles
Geography, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
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Short summary
We assess the climatic and societal impact of the 852/3 CE Alaska Mount Churchill eruption using environmental reconstructions, historical records and climate simulations. The eruption is associated with significant Northern Hemisphere summer cooling, despite having only a moderate sulfate-based climate forcing potential; however, evidence of a widespread societal response is lacking. We discuss the difficulties of confirming volcanic impacts of a single eruption even when it is precisely dated.
We assess the climatic and societal impact of the 852/3 CE Alaska Mount Churchill eruption using...
