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Magnitude, frequency and climate forcing of global volcanism during the last glacial period as seen in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores (60–9 ka)
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Christine S. Hvidberg
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Johannes Lohmann
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Steffen Kristiansen
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Sune Olander Rasmussen
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Eliza Cook
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Helle Astrid Kjær
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Bo M. Vinther
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Hubertus Fischer
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Bern, Switzerland
Thomas Stocker
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Bern, Switzerland
Michael Sigl
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Bern, Switzerland
Matthias Bigler
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Bern, Switzerland
Mirko Severi
Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Rita Traversi
Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Robert Mulvaney
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
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Short summary
We employ acidity records from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores to estimate the emission strength, frequency and climatic forcing for large volcanic eruptions from the last half of the last glacial period. A total of 25 volcanic eruptions are found to be larger than any eruption in the last 2500 years, and we identify more eruptions than obtained from geological evidence. Towards the end of the glacial period, there is a notable increase in volcanic activity observed for Greenland.
We employ acidity records from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores to estimate the emission...