Blog 8: Global volcanism linked to late-Quaternary deglaciations

By Ignacio A. Jara It has been widely documented that volcanic aerosols can alter the radiative balance of the atmosphere, producing measurable temperature depressions following large explosive eruptions. Perhaps the most renowned of these cases is the eruption of the mount Tambora in Indonesia, which in 1815 caused a decline of 0.5°C in the Northern…

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AUS2K meeting 26-27th June 2014 – Melbourne

We are pleased to announce that the third workshop of the PAGES Australasia2k Working Group will be held in Melbourne on 26-27 June 2014. This will be a joint meeting with the Australian Climate Change Science Program (ACCSP) project “Variability of Australian climate over the last 1000 years in coupled model simulations and proxy data”….

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