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Climate History Bulletin
January 2025
Applications are open for a fully-funded PhD project at the University of Exeter to work on historical volcanic impacts on climate. Applicants with a strong background in physics/mathematics are welcome even if they have no specialist background in volcanology and climate science.
Historical (1850-present) climate simulations are crucial to evaluate climate models on which future climate projections rely, as well as to disentangle the contributions of anthropogenic and natural forcings to past climate change. One of the most important natural forcings is stratospheric aerosols injected by explosive volcanic eruptions which cool climate globally. Whereas large magnitude eruptions are well reconstructed, smaller but more frequent eruptions are very poorly constrained before 1979, the beginning of the satellite era. Yet, these small-magnitude eruptions contribute half of the total aerosol emissions, suggesting a crucial bias in the last generation of climate model simulations. In this project, the student will leverage a novel inventory of small-magnitude eruptions to produce the first ensemble of historical climate simulations with a holistic representation of volcanic eruptions. They will run these simulations with the latest version of the UK Earth System Model (UKESM), the UK’s flagship climate model, and work hand in hand with the UK Met Office and international partners. The analysis of these simulations will quantify the impact of small eruptions on historical temperatures, precipitations and on key modes of climate variability. It will also illuminate the importance of pre-satellite era biases in our climate forcing datasets.
Application deadline: 13th January 2025
Full details at https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=5404
Calls for Papers
Abstracts for the EGU 2025 (Vienna, 27 April–2 May 2025) are open at: https://www.egu25.eu/ The submission deadline is Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET
Please note the EGU session “Volcano-climate impacts and the stratospheric aerosol layer” (session AS3.16/CL2.15),
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessionmodification/53529
Convenors: Shih-Wei Fang, Davide Zanchettin, Myriam Khodri, Matthew Toohey, Graham Mann
This session seeks presentations from research aimed at better understanding the stratospheric aerosol layer, its volcanic perturbations and the associated impacts on climate through the post-industrial period (1750-present) and also those further back in the historical record. Observational and model studies on the stratosphere and climate impacts from the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga are also especially welcomed. We also welcome contributions to understand the societal impacts of volcanic eruptions and the human responses to them. Contributions addressing volcanic influences on atmospheric composition, such as changes in stratospheric water vapour, ozone and other trace gases are also encouraged. The session aims to bring together research contributing to several current international co-ordinated activities: SPARC-SSiRC, CMIP7-VolMIP, CMIP7-PMIP, and PAGES-VICS.
Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Mediterranean Narrative
International Conference 14–15 January 2025
Aula Prodi - San Giovanni in Monte
Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
More information at this link
The Stockholm Climate and Environmental History Seminar continues:
Reconstruction of past tropical cyclones in East Asia
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Time: 15.00 – 17.00
Location: Department of History, room D837 and on Zoom
Dr. Elaine Lin will speak on evidence from the REACHES database: frequency, intensity, and societal impacts.
The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) has an upcoming event “Adapting to climate change and climate extremes in historical perspective“, in Leipzig 27 February–1 March 2025. This conference calls for the historical lessons we can learn from policies of adaptation from the 18th to 21st centuries. More information at: https://russianecospheres.org/2024/02/01/call-for-papers-adapting-to-climate-change-and-climate-extremes-in-historical-perspective/
Barraza, José. “Estudio de un Solitario Barómetro en el Chile de Principios del Siglo XIX. Una Primera Aproximación desde la Cultura Material.” Cuadernos de Historia, no. 61 (December 2024): 279–97.
Becherini, Francesca, Claudio Stefanini, Antonio della Valle, Francesco Rech, Fabio Zecchini, and Dario Camuffo. “Multi-Secular Trend of Drought Indices in Padua, Italy.” Climate 12, no. 12 (December 2024): 218. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12120218.
Cushman, Gregory T, Trisha Jackson, and Johannes J Feddema. “Ecologies of Resilience: The Many Colonizations of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), c. 1200–Present.” The American Historical Review 129, no. 4 (December 1, 2024): 1501–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhae466.
Dammschneider, Hans. Klimageschichte der südharzer Klosterlandschaft. Kloster Walkenried, 2024.
Ingimarsson, Skafti. “‘What a Winter It Was’: The 1257 Samalas Eruption and the Fall of the Icelandic Commonwealth.” Scandinavian Journal of History, December 5, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2024.2424243.
Lokoshchenko, M. A. “Changes in Air Temperature in Moscow in the Era of Instrumental Measurements.” Russian Meteorology and Hydrology 49, no. 9 (September 1, 2024): 811–18. https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373924090061.
Mordechai, Lee, and John Haldon. “Resilience in Environmental History Discourse: Past, Present, and Future?” The American Historical Review 129, no. 4 (December 1, 2024): 1420–51. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhae377.
Paparella, Claudia, Seth Bernard, Monica Bini, Andrea Columbu, Ilaria Isola, Kyle Harper, Ruben Post, Karin Zonneveld, and Giovanni Zanchetta. “Historical Archives from the Roman Monarchic and Republican Periods Show Human Perceptions of Environment and Climate Change in Italy, 753–29 BCE.” The Holocene, January 2, 2025, 09596836241307302. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241307302.
Qin, Chun, Bao Yang, Achim Bräuning, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Timothy J. Osborn, Vladimir Shishov, Minhui He, et al. “Persistent Humid Climate Favored the Qin and Western Han Dynasties in China around 2,200 y Ago.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, no. 1 (January 7, 2025): e2415294121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415294121.
Starlander, Jakob. “Rural Inferno: Environmental and Socio-Economic Consequences of Wildfires in Seventeenth-Century Western Finland.” Climates and Cultures in History 1, no. 1 (November 18, 2024): 65–91. https://doi.org/10.3197/whpcch.63842135436336.
Torbenson, M. C. A., J. Esper, R. Brázdil, U. Büntgen, J. E. Olesen, D. Semarádová, M. Vlach, et al. “Past and Future Climate-Driven Changes of Agricultural Land in Central Europe.” Geophysical Research Letters 51, no. 24 (2024): e2024GL112363. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112363.
Roulé, Elia, Natasha Roy, Ludovic Gesset, Camille Picard, Charly Massa, and Emilie Gauthier. “Ice and Fire: Norse Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap of the Western Settlement in Greenland.” Quaternary Science Reviews 349 (February 1, 2025): 109156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109156.
Paleoclimatology (high-resolution studies relevant to human history)
Biltekin, Demet, Kürşad Kadir Eriş, Andreas Schachner, Nurettin Yakupoğlu, and Cerennaz Yakupoğlu. “Late Holocene Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Variations through Pollen Analysis of Sediments from Lake Sülük (Çorum, Türkiye).” Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, January 4, 2025, 105280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105280.
Bini, Monica, Alberto Caroti, Federico Cantini, Fabio Fabiani, Marco Fiorentini, Antonio Fornaciari, Ilaria Isola, et al. “The Paleo-Serchio River: History of Floods between Lucca and Pisa during the Roman Period.” Journal of Quaternary Science 40, no. 1 (2025): 141–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3668.
Bromfält, Emilia, and Stefan Wastegård. “Was There a 4.2 Ka BP Event in Sweden? Evidence from Peat, Tree-Rings and Lake Sediments.” Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 2024, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2024.2440845.
Candy, Ian, Laura Boyall, Paul Lincoln, Celia Martin-Puertas, Ian Matthews, Tim Holt-Wilson, and Jose Valcarcel. “A Cold but Stable 4,200 Yr Event in Britain and the Northeastern Atlantic Region.” Quaternary Science Reviews 349 (February 1, 2025): 109093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109093.
Cao, Honghua, Feng Chen, Mao Hu, Tiyuan Hou, Xiaoen Zhao, Shijie Wang, and Heli Zhang. “Tree-Ring Insights Into Past and Future Streamflow Variations in Beijing, Northern China.” Water Resources Research 61, no. 1 (2025): e2024WR038084. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR038084.
Demény, Attila, György Czuppon, Zoltán Kern, István Gábor Hatvani, Dániel Topál, Máté Karlik, Gergely Surányi, et al. “A Speleothem Record of Seasonality and Moisture Transport around the 8.2 Ka Event in Central Europe (Vacska Cave, Hungary).” Quaternary Research 118 (March 2024): 195–210. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2023.33.
Diodato, Nazzareno, Vinay Kumar, and Gianni Bellocchi. “Downward Mediterranean Cloudiness Beyond Little Ice Age Background Variability.” Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research 3 (July 9, 2024): 0053. https://doi.org/10.34133/olar.0053.
Diodato, Nazzareno, Andrea Mandarino, and Gianni Bellocchi. “Historical Environmental Change Has Increased Disastrous Flooding in Italy’s Northwestern Apennines (1511–2021 CE).” Quaternary International 710 (November 15, 2024): 18–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.08.011.
Diodato, Nazzareno, Sara Rubinetti, and Gianni Bellocchi. “Enhancing Decadal Snowfall Forecasts in the Mediterranean Mountains through Informed Atmospheric Variability and Climate Data.” Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2427356.
Flores-Aqueveque, V., P. A. Arias, C. Gómez-Fontealba, C. González-Arango, J. Apaestegui, H. Evangelista, L. Guerra, and C. Latorre. “The South American Climate During the Last Two Millennia.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.975.
Fuglestvedt, Herman F., Imogen Gabriel, Michael Sigl, Thorvaldur Thordarson, and Kirstin Krüger. “Revisiting the 10th-Century Eldgjá Eruption: Modeling the Climatic and Environmental Impacts.” Geophysical Research Letters 52, no. 1 (2025): e2024GL110507. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110507.
Huang, Chong, Xiaozhong Huang, Jinbao Li, Ling Wang, Lan Jiang, Lixiong Xiang, Jun Zhang, et al. “Western Mongolian Plateau Exhibits Increasing Holocene Temperature.” Global and Planetary Change 242 (November 1, 2024): 104577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104577.
Hutchison, William, Patrick Sugden, Andrea Burke, Peter Abbott, Vera V. Ponomareva, Oleg Dirksen, Maxim V. Portnyagin, et al. “The 1831 CE Mystery Eruption Identified as Zavaritskii Caldera, Simushir Island (Kurils).” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, no. 1 (January 7, 2025): e2416699122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416699122.
Ionita, Monica, Petru Vaideanu, Bogdan Antonescu, Catalin Roibu, Qiyun Ma, and Viorica Nagavciuc. “Examining the Eastern European Extreme Summer Temperatures of 2023 from a Long-Term Perspective: The Role of Natural Variability vs. Anthropogenic Factors.” Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 24, no. 12 (December 20, 2024): 4683–4706. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4683-2024.
James, Alexander, Jun Hu, Julien Emile-Geay, Judson W. Partin, Nick Scroxton, Nishant Malik, and Yuan Gao. “Regime Shifts in Holocene Paleohydrology as Recorded by Asian Speleothems.” Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 40, no. 1 (2025): e2024PA004974. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024PA004974.
Margolis, Ellis, Andreas Wion, John Abatzoglou, Lori Daniels, Donald Falk, Chris Guiterman, James Johnston, et al. “Spatiotemporal Synchrony of Climate and Fire Occurrence Across North American Forests (1750–1880).” Global Ecology and Biogeography 34, no. 1 (2025): e13937. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13937.
Meydan, Ayşegül Feray, Ivan Aleksandrovich Kalugin, Andrey Victorovich Darin, Valery Vasilevich Babich, Tatiana Ivanovna Markovich, Denis Yurevich Rogozin, M. Namık Çağatay, Erhan Gülyüz, and Suna Akkol. “Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Lake Van and Lake Erçek over the Last Millennium Using Varved Sediments (Eastern Türkiye).” Quaternary International 714 (December 30, 2024): 109581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.10.013.
Murata, Akira, Taiki Mori, Hirokazu Kato, Hsun-Ming Hu, Chuan-Chou Shen, Ryoko Senda, Kenji Kashiwagi, and Akihiro Kano. “Holocene Temperature Trend Inferred From Oxygen and Carbonate Clumped Isotope Profiles of a Stalagmite Collected From a Maritime Area of Central Honshu, Japan.” Island Arc 34, no. 1 (2025): e70002. https://doi.org/10.1111/iar.70002.
Ossandón, Álvaro, Javier Gual, Balaji Rajagopalan, William Kleiber, and Thomas Marchitto. “Spatial and Temporal Bayesian Hierarchical Model Over Large Domains With Application to Holocene Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction in the Equatorial Pacific.” Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 39, no. 12 (2024): e2024PA004844. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024PA004844.
Ramírez Molina, Abel Andrés, Glenn Tootle, Giuseppe Formetta, Thomas Piechota, and Jiaqi Gong. “Extraordinary 21st Century Drought in the Po River Basin (Italy).” Hydrology 11, no. 12 (December 2024): 219. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11120219.
Vaezi, Alireza, Joyanto Routh, Arun Rana, Sara Sokhansefat, and Mohsen Nasseri. “Linking Future Hydroclimatological Changes with Past Climatic Conditions in Southeastern Iran: Insights from Models and Observations.” International Journal of Environmental Research 19, no. 1 (November 26, 2024): 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-024-00704-4.
Wang, Xinrui, Zhaopeng Wang, Muxiao Liu, Dongyou Zhang, Taoran Luo, Xiangyou Li, Bingyun Du, Yang Qiu, Linlin Li, and Yueru Zhao. “Reconstruction of Minimum May Temperatures in Northeast China Since 1797 AD Based on Tree Ring Width in Pinus Sylvestris Var. Mongolica.” Forests 15, no. 11 (November 2024): 2015. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15112015.
Warren, Richard, Niklaus Emanuel Bartlome, Noémie Wellinger, Jörg Franke, Ralf Hand, Stefan Brönnimann, and Heli Huhtamaa. “ClimeApp: Data Processing Tool for Monthly, Global Climate Data from the ModE-RA Palaeo-Reanalysis, 1422 to 2008 CE.” Climate of the Past 20, no. 12 (November 29, 2024): 2645–62. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2645-2024.
Yamuna, A. S., P. Vyshnav, Anish Kumar Warrier, M. C. Manoj, K. Sandeep, M. Kawsar, G. S. Joju, and Rajveer Sharma. “Increasing Frequency of Extreme Climatic Events in Southern India during the Late Holocene: Evidence from Lake Sediments.” Quaternary International 707 (October 15, 2024): 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.07.015.
Zander, Paul D., Maurycy Żarczyński, Wojciech Tylmann, Hendrik Vogel, and Martin Grosjean. “Subdecadal Holocene Warm-Season Temperature Variability in Central Europe Recorded by Biochemical Varves.” Geophysical Research Letters 51, no. 22 (2024): e2024GL110871. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110871.
Zhang, Xiaomei, Haiwei Zhang, Rui Zhang, Jian Wang, Miaomiao Wang, Zeyuan Liang, Mei He, Rong Wei, and Hai Cheng. “Spatiotemporal Pattern of the East Asian Monsoon Hydroclimate during the 8.2 Ka Event Inferred from a New Speleothem Multi-Proxy Record from SE China.” Quaternary Science Reviews 349 (February 1, 2025): 109141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109141.
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