Response to comment on “A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago”

Summary, in English

Our paper about the impacts of the Laschamps Geomagnetic Excursion 42,000 years ago has provoked considerable scientific and public interest, particularly in the so-called Adams Event associated with the initial transition of the magnetic poles. Although we welcome the opportunity to discuss our new ideas, Hawks’ assertions of misrepresentation are especially disappointing given his limited examination of the material.

• Author: Alan Cooper; Chris S.M. Turney; Jonathan Palmer; Alan Hogg; Matt McGlone; Janet Wilmshurst; Andrew M. Lorrey; Timothy J. Heaton; James M. Russell; Ken McCracken; Julien G. Anet; Eugene Rozanov; Marina Friedel; Ivo Suter; Thomas Peter; Raimund Muscheler; Florian Adolphi; Anthony Dosseto; J. Tyler Faith; Pavla Fenwick; Christopher J. Fogwill; Konrad Hughen; Matthew Lipson; Jiabo Liu; Norbert Nowaczyk; Eleanor Rainsley; Christopher Bronk Ramsey; Paolo Sebastianelli; Yassine Souilmi; Janelle Stevenson; Zoe Thomas; Raymond Tobler; Roland Zech
• Department/s: Quaternary Sciences; MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
• Publishing year: 2021-11
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Science
• Volume: 374
• Issue: 6570
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abh3655
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Topic: Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0036-8075