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SEVERAL climatologists1–3 have compiled lists of volcanic eruptions which are thought to be of meteorological and climatological importance. Although these lists have been criticised for being incomplete4, subsequent authors5,6 have used them in studies designed to reproduce and explain the climatic history of the Northern Hemisphere. I report here additional information on two volcanic eruptions which may be climatologically significant but have generally not been considered in climate studies. By clarifying the volcanic chronology, a better test of the hypothesis that volcanoes cause part of the observed climate change can be made.
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HOYT, D. An explosive volcanic eruption in the Southern Hemisphere in 1928. Nature 275, 630–632 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275630a0
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