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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.

JIF
JIF4.3
JIF 5-year
JIF 5-year4.2
CiteScore
CiteScore7.4
Google h5-index
Google h5-index45
CP per-paper APC pilot 2021
To help authors know the article processing charges (APCs) levied for their final journal article already from submission, the EGU and Copernicus test a per-paper APC model for manuscripts submitted to CP from 1 January 2021. The standard fee will be €1,600 net, independent of the article length. Please find further information about this pilot.

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

21 Sep 2023
Upper-ocean temperature characteristics in the subantarctic southeastern Pacific based on biomarker reconstructions
Julia Rieke Hagemann, Lester Lembke-Jene, Frank Lamy, Maria-Elena Vorrath, Jérôme Kaiser, Juliane Müller, Helge W. Arz, Jens Hefter, Andrea Jaeschke, Nicoletta Ruggieri, and Ralf Tiedemann
Clim. Past, 19, 1825–1845, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1825-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1825-2023, 2023
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20 Sep 2023
Antarctic Tipping points triggered by the mid-Pliocene warm climate
Javier Blasco, Ilaria Tabone, Daniel Moreno-Parada, Alexander Robinson, Jorge Alvarez-Solas, Frank Pattyn, and Marisa Montoya
Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-76,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-76, 2023
Preprint under review for CP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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18 Sep 2023
Multi-annual variability of a new proxy-constrained modeled AMOC from 1450–1780 CE
Eric Samakinwa, Christoph C. Raible, Ralf Hand, Andrew R. Friedman, and Stefan Brönnimann
Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-67,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-67, 2023
Preprint under review for CP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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18 Sep 2023
Polar amplification of orbital-scale climate variability in the early Eocene greenhouse world
Chris D. Fokkema, Tobias Agterhuis, Danielle Gerritsma, Myrthe de Goeij, Xiaoqing Liu, Pauline de Regt, Addison Rice, Laurens Vennema, Claudia Agnini, Peter K. Bijl, Joost Frieling, Matthew Huber, Francien Peterse, and Appy Sluijs
Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-70,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2023-70, 2023
Preprint under review for CP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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15 Sep 2023
Atmosphere–cryosphere interactions during the last phase of the Last Glacial Maximum (21 ka) in the European Alps
Costanza Del Gobbo, Renato R. Colucci, Giovanni Monegato, Manja Žebre, and Filippo Giorgi
Clim. Past, 19, 1805–1823, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1805-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1805-2023, 2023
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Highlight articles

15 Mar 2023
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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
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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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16 Jan 2023
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Modeled storm surge changes in a warmer world: the Last Interglacial
Paolo Scussolini, Job Dullaart, Sanne Muis, Alessio Rovere, Pepijn Bakker, Dim Coumou, Hans Renssen, Philip J. Ward, and Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
Clim. Past, 19, 141–157, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-141-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-141-2023, 2023
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06 Jan 2023
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A cosmogenic nuclide-derived chronology of pre-Last Glacial Cycle glaciations during MIS 8 and MIS 6 in northern Patagonia
Tancrède P. M. Leger, Andrew S. Hein, Ángel Rodés, Robert G. Bingham, Irene Schimmelpfennig, Derek Fabel, Pablo Tapia, and ASTER Team
Clim. Past, 19, 35–59, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-35-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-35-2023, 2023
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Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.