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Co-editors-in-chief: Laurie Menviel, Irina Rogozhina, Denis-Didier Rousseau & Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz
eISSN: CP 1814-9332, CPD 1814-9359

Climate of the Past (CP) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on the climate history of the Earth. CP covers all temporal scales of climate change and variability, from geological time through to multidecadal studies of the last century. Studies focusing mainly on present and future climate are not within scope.

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News

10 Aug 2023 Denis-Didier Rousseau, co-chief editor of CP, is the 2023 recipient of the Liu Tungsheng Medal, INQUA

It is with great pride that Climate of the Past can announce that our co-chief editor Denis-Didier Rousseau from CNRS–University of Montpellier has received the Liu Tungsheng Medal – the highest award of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). Please read more.

10 Aug 2023 Denis-Didier Rousseau, co-chief editor of CP, is the 2023 recipient of the Liu Tungsheng Medal, INQUA

It is with great pride that Climate of the Past can announce that our co-chief editor Denis-Didier Rousseau from CNRS–University of Montpellier has received the Liu Tungsheng Medal – the highest award of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). Please read more.

10 Aug 2023 Julie Loisel, editor of CP, is the 2021 recipient of the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal, INQUA

We are very proud to announce that CP editor Julie Loisel from Texas A&M University has been awarded the 2021 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientists from the INQUA. Please read more.

10 Aug 2023 Julie Loisel, editor of CP, is the 2021 recipient of the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal, INQUA

We are very proud to announce that CP editor Julie Loisel from Texas A&M University has been awarded the 2021 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientists from the INQUA. Please read more.

29 Jun 2023 Release of journal metrics 2022

The journal metrics 2022 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

29 Jun 2023 Release of journal metrics 2022

The journal metrics 2022 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

Recent papers

01 Dec 2023
Early Twentieth Century Southern Hemisphere Cooling
Stefan Brönnimann, Yuri Brugnara, and Clive Wilkinson
Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-90,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-90, 2023
Preprint under review for CP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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30 Nov 2023
The role of atmospheric CO2 in controlling patterns of sea surface temperature change during the Pliocene
Lauren E. Burton, Alan M. Haywood, Julia C. Tindall, Aisling M. Dolan, Daniel J. Hill, Erin L. McClymont, Sze Ling Ho, and Heather L. Ford
Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-98,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-98, 2023
Preprint under review for CP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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28 Nov 2023
Aerosol uncertainties in tropical precipitation changes for the mid-Pliocene Warm Period
Anni Zhao, Ran Feng, Chris M. Brierley, Jian Zhang, and Yongyun Hu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2702,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2702, 2023
Preprint under review for CP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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22 Nov 2023
Evaluating the 11-year solar cycle and short-term 10Be deposition events with novel excess water samples from the East Greenland Ice-core Project (EGRIP)
Chiara I. Paleari, Florian Mekhaldi, Tobias Erhardt, Minjie Zheng, Marcus Christl, Florian Adolphi, Maria Hörhold, and Raimund Muscheler
Clim. Past, 19, 2409–2422, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2409-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2409-2023, 2023
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21 Nov 2023
The climate in Poland (central Europe) in the first half of the last millennium, revisited
Rajmund Przybylak, Piotr Oliński, Marcin Koprowski, Elżbieta Szychowska-Krąpiec, Marek Krąpiec, Aleksandra Pospieszyńska, and Radosław Puchałka
Clim. Past, 19, 2389–2408, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2389-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2389-2023, 2023
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Highlight articles

03 Nov 2023
| Highlight paper
Rejuvenating the ocean: mean ocean radiocarbon, CO2 release, and radiocarbon budget closure across the last deglaciation
Luke Skinner, Francois Primeau, Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes, Fortunat Joos, Peter Köhler, and Edouard Bard
Clim. Past, 19, 2177–2202, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2177-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2177-2023, 2023
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
13 Oct 2023
| Highlight paper
Late Cenozoic sea-surface-temperature evolution of the South Atlantic Ocean
Frida S. Hoem, Adrián López-Quirós, Suzanna van de Lagemaat, Johan Etourneau, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Carlota Escutia, Henk Brinkhuis, Francien Peterse, Francesca Sangiorgi, and Peter K. Bijl
Clim. Past, 19, 1931–1949, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1931-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1931-2023, 2023
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
15 Mar 2023
| Highlight paper
The new Kr-86 excess ice core proxy for synoptic activity: West Antarctic storminess possibly linked to Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) movement through the last deglaciation
Christo Buizert, Sarah Shackleton, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, William H. G. Roberts, Alan Seltzer, Bernhard Bereiter, Kenji Kawamura, Daniel Baggenstos, Anaïs J. Orsi, Ikumi Oyabu, Benjamin Birner, Jacob D. Morgan, Edward J. Brook, David M. Etheridge, David Thornton, Nancy Bertler, Rebecca L. Pyne, Robert Mulvaney, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Peter D. Neff, and Vasilii V. Petrenko
Clim. Past, 19, 579–606, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-579-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-579-2023, 2023
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
21 Feb 2023
| Highlight paper
Non-spherical microparticle shape in Antarctica during the last glacial period affects dust volume-related metrics
Aaron Chesler, Dominic Winski, Karl Kreutz, Bess Koffman, Erich Osterberg, David Ferris, Zayta Thundercloud, Joseph Mohan, Jihong Cole-Dai, Mark Wells, Michael Handley, Aaron Putnam, Katherine Anderson, and Natalie Harmon
Clim. Past, 19, 477–492, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-477-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-477-2023, 2023
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27 Jan 2023
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Investigating hydroclimatic impacts of the 168–158 BCE volcanic quartet and their relevance to the Nile River basin and Egyptian history
Ram Singh, Kostas Tsigaridis, Allegra N. LeGrande, Francis Ludlow, and Joseph G. Manning
Clim. Past, 19, 249–275, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-249-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-249-2023, 2023
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