Recent work on climatic change, Paleoclimatology, Volcanic impacts on
climate and society
Just published:
Ram Singh et al., "Investigating hydroclimatic impacts of the 168–158 BCE volcanic quartet and their relevance to the Nile River basin and Egyptian history" Climate of the Past 2023.
The work is featured in Nature "Research Highlights" for the week of February 3 2023, and on the Nature podcast dropped on February 8 2023.
Ram Singh et al., "Investigating hydroclimatic impacts of the 168–158 BCE volcanic quartet and their relevance to the Nile River basin and Egyptian history" Climate of the Past 2023.
The work is featured in Nature "Research Highlights" for the week of February 3 2023, and on the Nature podcast dropped on February 8 2023.
J.G. Manning et al., "Volcanic suppression of Nile Summer flooding triggers revolt and constrains interstate conflict in ancient Egypt" Nature Communications 8 (2017)
Select Print Media on the article:
PAGES Past Global Changes (Bern Switzerland)- news on the paper consolidated here, and on the Altmetric site
- New York Times (17 October 2017)
- National Geographic (17 October 2017)
- Washington Post (17 October 2017)
- LA Times (17 October 2017)
- Eos (23 October 2017)
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (17 October 2017)
On the Airwaves:
- Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYURadio.org (30 October 2017)- speaking about our Nature Communications paper on volcanic impacts on the Nile Watershed.
Joseph R. McConnell et al., "Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom," PNAS June 2020.
Joseph R. McConnell et al., "Reply to Strunz and Braeckel: Agricultural failures logically link historical events to extreme climate following the 43 BCE Okmok eruption," PNAS November 2020.
On the Airwaves:
Podcasts:
Joseph R. McConnell et al., "Reply to Strunz and Braeckel: Agricultural failures logically link historical events to extreme climate following the 43 BCE Okmok eruption," PNAS November 2020.
- New York Times story is HERE.
On the Airwaves:
- Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYURadio.org (6 June 2020)
Podcasts:
- Climate Change in the Ancient World, on Dagomar Degroot's Climate History podcast (May 2020)
- Interview with Al Zambone on his Historically Thinking podcast about The Open Sea (June 2020) Princeton University Press, 2018, ppb 2020.
- "Ancient Office Hours" with Lexie Henning
- Yale History Podcast- "The Okmok Eruption and the Roman World"