The Earth's history is punctuated by large explosive eruptions that eject large quantities of
magma and silicate rock fragments into the atmosphere. These tephra particles can …

Peatlands are major terrestrial stores of carbon (C) of importance to the global climate
system. Recent studies have made progress in understanding the climatic controls on the C …

Large explosive eruptions can bury landscapes beneath thick layers of tephra. Rivers
subsequently overloaded with excess pyroclastic sediments have some of the highest …

Large volcanic eruptions may have major impacts on ecosystems through their physical,
chemical and climatic affects. These impacts are stochastic and because the largest, most …

Throughout the long eruption history of the Santorini volcano, the Cape Riva/Y-2 and
Minoan/Z-2 eruptions had a profound impact on the environment. The Minoan eruptions also …

Although the generally high fertility of volcanic soils is often seen as an opportunity, short-
term consequences of eruptions on natural and cultivated vegetation are likely to be …

Northern peatlands contain vast amounts of organic carbon. Large‐scale datasets have
documented spatial patterns of peatland initiation as well as vertical peat accumulation …

The year is 12,800 BP. Europe is entirely occupied by people of the so-called Upper
Magdalenian culture. Well, not entirely... one small region, southern Scandinavia, differs …

The effects of just over a millennium of heavy erosion of dryland soils (Andosols) are
ubiquitous in the Icelandic landscape. While lushly vegetated peatlands may appear like …

Impacts of tephra deposition on vegetation are recorded in a series of 10 high temporal
resolution absolute pollen diagrams from Lago Grande di Monticchio, each diagram …