Storminess in North West Europe and volcanic activity during the Holocene

Orme, Lisa C.; Ludlow, Francis; Langton, Natasha; Sjöström, Jenny K.; Kylander, Malin E.; Murphy, Conor; Pyne-O'Donnell, Sean D. F.; Turner, Jonathan N.; Li, Nannan; Davies, Sarah J.; Mitchell, Fraser J. G.; Matthews, John A.

doi:10.5194/cp-22-287-2026

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© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

Research article

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10 Feb 2026

Research article |

| 10 Feb 2026

Storminess in North West Europe and volcanic activity during the Holocene

Lisa C. Orme, Francis Ludlow, Natasha Langton, Jenny K. Sjöström, Malin E. Kylander, Conor Murphy, Sean D. F. Pyne-O'Donnell, Jonathan N. Turner, Nannan Li, Sarah J. Davies, Fraser J. G. Mitchell, and John A. Matthews

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Data sets

Ignition residue, element (Br, Si, Ca) and humification results for a mid-late Holocene core from Bullsmouth Bog, Ireland Orme, Lisa C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.984275

Short summary

The link between storms and volcanic eruptions in northwest Europe is investigated. Past storminess was reconstructed using sand deposits in a coastal peatbog from western Ireland. Together with similar records from northwest Europe this shows six periods of high storminess in the last 2500 years, coinciding roughly with the largest eruptions of this time. A record of past windiness for Ireland (600–1616 CE) created from the “Irish Annals” supports enhanced storminess for 3 years after eruptions.