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Michael Sigl

Michael Sigl

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
12783
World Ranking
2392
National Ranking
29

Overview

Michael Sigl is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geophysics, Ecology, and Archeology.

The primary topics of their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Michael Sigl has authored and contributed to several recent scientific papers, notably:

  • "Volcanic stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth during the Holocene (past 11,500 years) from a bipolar ice-core array," 2022, Earth System Science Data
  • "Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum," 2021, Science
  • "Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Prominent role of volcanism in Common Era climate variability and human history," 2020, Dendrochronologia
  • "Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period," 2020, Climate of the Past

The scientist frequently publishes in various scientific journals, with the most common venues including:

  • Climate of the Past
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their notable frequent co-authors are Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan Chellman, Matthew Toohey, Clive Oppenheimer, and Mirko Severi. These collaborations have contributed to a significant number of joint publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years

    M. Sigl;M. Winstrup;J. R. McConnell;K. C. Welten

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

    Ulf Büntgen;Vladimir S. Myglan;Frederik Chaprentier Ljungqvist;Michael McCormick

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

    Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

  • Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing

    T.J. Fudge;Eric J. Steig;Bradley R. Markle;Spruce W. Schoenemann

  • A new bipolar ice core record of volcanism from WAIS Divide and NEEM and implications for climate forcing of the last 2000 years

    Michael Sigl;Joseph R. McConnell;Lawrence Layman;Olivia Maselli

  • Volcanic stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth from 500 BCE to 1900 CE

    Matthew Toohey;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl

  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference

    C. Buizert;K. M. Cuffey;J. P. Severinghaus;D. Baggenstos

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 3: The last millennium, scientific objective, and experimental design for the PMIP4 past1000 simulations

    Johann H. Jungclaus;Edouard Bard;Mélanie Baroni;Pascale Braconnot

  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology - Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0-31 ka BP)

    Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl;Tyler J. Fudge;Mai Winstrup;Jihong Cole-Dai

  • Multiradionuclide evidence for the solar origin of the cosmic-ray events of ᴀᴅ 774/5 and 993/4.

    Florian Mekhaldi;Raimund Muscheler;Florian Adolphi;Ala Aldahan;Ala Aldahan

  • Insights from Antarctica on volcanic forcing during the Common Era

    Michael Sigl;Joseph R. McConnell;Joseph R. McConnell;Matthew Toohey;Mark Curran

  • Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Christo Buizert;T. J. Fudge;William H. G. Roberts;Eric J. Steig

  • Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE

    Clive Oppenheimer;Lukas Wacker;Jiandong Xu;Juan Diego Galván

  • Climatic and societal impacts of a volcanic double event at the dawn of the Middle Ages

    Matthew Toohey;Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl;Frode Stordal

  • Transatlantic distribution of the Alaskan White River Ash

    Britta J.L. Jensen;Britta J.L. Jensen;Sean Pyne-O’Donnell;Sean Pyne-O’Donnell;Gill Plunkett;Duane G. Froese

  • Abrupt ice-age shifts in southern westerly winds and Antarctic climate forced from the north

    Christo Buizert;Michael Sigl;Mirko Severi;Bradley R. Markle

  • Volcanic suppression of Nile summer flooding triggers revolt and constrains interstate conflict in ancient Egypt.

    Joseph G. Manning;Francis Ludlow;Francis Ludlow;Alexander R. Stine;William R. Boos;William R. Boos

  • Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom

    Joseph R. McConnell;Joseph R. McConnell;Michael Sigl;Gill Plunkett;Andrea Burke

  • Prominent role of volcanism in Common Era climate variability and human history

    Ulf Büntgen;Dominique Arseneault;Étienne Boucher;Olga V. Churakova

  • Disproportionately strong climate forcing from extratropical explosive volcanic eruptions

    Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;Hauke Schmidt;Claudia Timmreck

  • Volcanic stratospheric sulphur injections and aerosol optical depth from 500 BCE to 1900 CE

    Matthew Toohey;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. McConnell
Joseph R. McConnell Desert Research Institute
Margit Schwikowski
Margit Schwikowski Paul Scherrer Institute
Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge
Christo Buizert
Christo Buizert Oregon State University
Eric J. Steig
Eric J. Steig University of Washington
Heinz W. Gäggeler
Heinz W. Gäggeler Paul Scherrer Institute
Paul J. Krusic
Paul J. Krusic University of Cambridge
Alexander V. Kirdyanov
Alexander V. Kirdyanov University of Cambridge
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Edward J. Brook
Edward J. Brook Oregon State University

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