Past Eruptions, Future Risk: Connecting Paleo Records to Hazard Assessment

Session ID#: 282595

Session Description:
This session focuses on the climatic, environmental, and societal impacts of past volcanic eruptions and how they inform assessments of future volcanic hazards. We welcome contributions using proxy-based reconstructions of Holocene and Quaternary eruptions and their climate responses, as well as interdisciplinary work drawing on historical, archaeological, and documentary evidence to assess how past societies experienced and responded to volcanic eruptions and their impacts. We are particularly interested in work that synthesizes climate model simulations and scenario exercises with paleo records to better constrain the potential effects of future eruptions under a warming climate. This includes cascading risks on modern infrastructure, agriculture, and global supply chains. We strongly encourage submissions that connect these insights to hazard assessment, risk management, and policy. 
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • PP - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
8408 Volcano/climate interactions [VOLCANOLOGY]
8428 Explosive volcanism [VOLCANOLOGY]
8488 Volcanic hazards and risks [VOLCANOLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Julie Edwards, UC Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Santa Barbara, United States
Convener:  Lili Xia, Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ally Peccia, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
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