Monthly Archives: October 2011

Phenomenology of Ice Ages

The exact cause and evolution of ice ages still remain a mystery [1]. Why did the Earth shift into an unstable climate with global oscillations of 4-5 degreesC every 100,000 years? What is the cause of the large scale glaciations … Continue reading

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Ice Ages – still a mystery

For  several  million years the Earth has experienced regular galciations followed by shorter warmer periods roughly every 100,000 years. What causes this seemingly regular climate oscillation ? The textbook answer is that they are initiated by  changes in the Earth’s … Continue reading

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