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Milankovitch cycles

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Milankovitch cycles [mē·lən′kō·vich ‚sīk·əlz]
(geophysics)
Periodic variations in the earth's position relative to the sun as the earth orbits, affecting the distribution of the solar radiation reaching the earth and causing climatic changes that have profound impacts on the abundance and distribution of organisms, best seen in the fossil record of the Quaternary Period (the last 1.6 million years).
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But a credible theory of climate variations points to Milankovitch Cycles, where changes in earth-heating patterns occur in a recurring pattern.
Barack Obama and Global Warming by Barry Jonathan Lough / Politics community
Milankovitch cycles In the 1920s, Yugoslav geophysicist Milutin Milankovitch carefully calculated the Earth's orbital motions and the variations in heat received from the sun.
The rhythms of nature by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Milankovitch cycles and other climate rhythms that operate at different timescales), dynamically patterned disorder (termed chaos by Gleick 1987) and real randomness in the climate system are equally applicable to global markets and economies.
Katrina, Wilma and me: learning to live with climate surprises? by Grimm, Kurt / Geoscience Canada
 
 
 
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