Milankovitch cycles are orbital cycles affecting earth's insolation. There have been a long series of ice ages closely tied to these orbital cycles, and in fact earth should even now be ever so slightly and gradually cooling towards another ice age which should begin in about 50,000 years. Not particularly soon.
The fact earth continues warming at a rapid rate suggests significant environmental impact from some outside source.
Not at all. Milankovitch Cycles are tied to episodic ice ages or glacial epochs. Currently earth should be entering a very gradual cooling period, instead of heating up, according to orbitally derived solar insolation.
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Greenhouse gas is adding to global warming and climate change.
Global worming and climate change doesn't exist. It is a hoax.
Climate changes over a timescale of 50,000 years can be driven by several factors, including natural processes such as variations in Earth's orbit and axial tilt (Milankovitch cycles), which influence solar radiation distribution. Additionally, tectonic activity can alter landforms and ocean currents, further impacting climate patterns. Long-term volcanic activity can also release significant amounts of greenhouse gases or aerosols, affecting global temperatures. Lastly, changes in solar output and the Earth's atmospheric composition over millennia can contribute to gradual climate shifts.
Because Milankovitch cycles cannot explain climate variability over the time scale that we're interested in predicting climate. Milankovitch cycles can explain large variations in climate over very long time scales, scales of thousands of years. Milankovitch cycles do not explain variability in climate on the scales of hundreds or tens of years. Variability at smaller time scales is driven by other factors, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas concentrations.
Scientists conclude that the main factor in climate change is the present global warming from the burning of fossil fuels(coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation (cutting down trees which previously removed carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere).
Variations in the Earth's orbit around the sun are called Milankovitch cycles. Scientist do not believe that Milankovitch cycles can start or end an ice age. Each cycle runs a different length and the variations in the cycles reinforce their effects or cancel them.
Not at all. Milankovitch Cycles are tied to episodic ice ages or glacial epochs. Currently earth should be entering a very gradual cooling period, instead of heating up, according to orbitally derived solar insolation.
Milankovitch cycles: Changes in Earth's orbit, tilt, and precession lead to variations in solar radiation, affecting climate. Plate tectonics: Movement of continents can alter ocean currents, impacting global climate patterns. Atmospheric composition: Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can influence the planet's temperature and trigger ice age conditions.
It can change the climate
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Earth's ice ages are primarily thought to be caused by variations in the Earth's orbit and tilt, known as Milankovitch cycles. These cycles affect the amount and distribution of sunlight reaching the Earth, leading to fluctuations in global temperatures and the growth or retreat of ice sheets. Additional factors such as changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and volcanic activity can also influence the onset and duration of ice ages.
If the Earth goes closer to the Sun the Earth will heat up more causing global warming to get worse. If the tilt increases the hemispheres will get more extreme weather. If the Earth spins faster, the day and night cycles will be shorter (no one has theorized what this would do to the climate as it won't happen).
global warming
Greenhouse gas is adding to global warming and climate change.
It tells us the climate is not a static condition, but has cycles of warming and cooling, drought and excess precipitation.