1,2,3,6- 1Institute of Physics-CSE, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
- 2Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS - University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- 3Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY10964, USA
- 4Department of Geosciences, Center for Advanced Research in Arid Zones (CEAZA), Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Región de Coquimbo, Chile
- 5Department of Earth Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ UK
- 6Earth and Life Institute, Earth and Climate, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Since its launch in 2005, Climate of the Past (CP) has had four co-editors-in-chief, each representing one of the four main domains: Ocean, Ice, Continent, and Models. The co-editors-in-chief invite scientists to join the CP editorial board based on the evolution of submissions and turnover among editors. CP is a nonprofit, international, scientific journal dedicated to publishing and discussing research articles, short communications, and review papers on the climate history of Earth. CP covers all temporal scales of climate change and variability, from geological time to multidecadal studies of the past century. Studies focusing mainly on present and future climate are outside the scope of the journal.
Climate of the Past publishes special issues proposed by the scientific community following successful sessions at the EGU General Assembly, as well as those resulting from the activities of working groups, smaller meetings, and specific research projects. Lastly, CP publishes review papers from EGU medalists, not necessarily from the Climate division. These papers are accessible directly from the journal's main page (https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue24.html).
Because Climate of the Past recognizes the tremendous commitment of our editors and reviewers, we have created official certificates presented in person at the General Assembly during the Business Meeting of the Editorial Board and at the Climate Division Meetings, respectively. Climate of the Past actively participates in the yearly reviewer training organized by the EGU Publishing Committee.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2025, the journal organized a webinar series on topics addressed by the journal (https://www.climate-of-the-past.net/about/egu_resources.html). The webinars were held monthly from June 2025 to April 2026. The webinars and their recordings are freely accessible to the community on the EGU YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYJjP6lVJvszFxShc6Imu0dOHV1tFtxly) and the CP front page.
Anyone interested in the CP organization, its working philosophy, the waiver process, or any other topic is welcome to attend the PICO presentation.
Denis-Didier Rousseau, Irina Rogozhina, Luke Skinner, and Hugues Goosse, CP co-editors in chief and Senior Editor
How to cite: Rousseau, D.-D., Rogozhina, I., Skinner, L., and Goosse, H.: Climate of the Past, a leading publication of EGU for the paleoclimate community, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-3312, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-3312, 2026.
