@article{fdi:010069283, title = {{C}limate response to the {S}amalas volcanic eruption in 1257 revealed by proxy records}, author = {{G}uillet, {S}. and {C}orona, {C}. and {S}toffel, {M}. and {K}hodri, {M}yriam and {L}avigne, {F}. and {O}rtega, {P}. and {E}ckert, {N}. and {S}ielenou, {P}. {D}. and {D}aux, {V}. and {C}hurakova, {O}. {V}. and {D}avi, {N}. and {E}douard, {J}. {L}. and {Z}hang, {Y}. and {L}uckman, {B}. {H}. and {M}yglan, {V}. {S}. and {G}uiot, {J}. and {B}eniston, {M}. and {M}asson-{D}elmotte, {V}. and {O}ppenheimer, {C}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he eruption of {S}amalas in {I}ndonesia in 1257 ranks among the largest sulfur-rich eruptions of the {C}ommon {E}ra with sulfur deposition in ice cores reaching twice the volume of the {T}ambora eruption in 1815. {S}edimentological analyses of deposits confirm the exceptional size of the event, which had both an eruption magnitude and a volcanic explosivity index of 7. {D}uring the {S}amalas eruption, more than 40 km(3) of dense magma was expelled and the eruption column is estimated to have reached altitudes of 43 km. {H}owever, the climatic response to the {S}amalas event is debated since climate model simulations generally predict a stronger and more prolonged surface air cooling of {N}orthern {H}emisphere summers than inferred from tree-ring-based temperature reconstructions. {H}ere, we draw on historical archives, ice-core data and tree-ring records to reconstruct the spatial and temporal climate response to the {S}amalas eruption. {W}e find that 1258 and 1259 experienced some of the coldest {N}orthern {H}emisphere summers of the past millennium. {H}owever, cooling across the {N}orthern {H}emisphere was spatially heterogeneous. {W}estern {E}urope, {S}iberia and {J}apan experienced strong cooling, coinciding with warmer-than-average conditions over {A}laska and northern {C}anada. {W}e suggest that in {N}orth {A}merica, volcanic radiative forcing was modulated by a positive phase of the {E}l {N}ino-{S}outhern {O}scillation. {C}ontemporary records attest to severe famines in {E}ngland and {J}apan, but these began prior to the eruption. {W}e conclude that the {S}amalas eruption aggravated existing crises, but did not trigger the famines.}, keywords = {{INDONESIE} ; {EUROPE} ; {SIBERIE} ; {JAPON} ; {ALASKA} ; {CANADA} ; {ATLANTIQUE} {NORD} ; {SAMALAS} {VOLCAN}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {G}eoscience}, volume = {10}, numero = {2}, pages = {123--128 +1 p.}, ISSN = {1752-0894}, year = {2017}, DOI = {10.1038/ngeo2875}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010069283}, }