Tag Archives: Ice Ages

The Milankovitch Puzzle

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Clive Best

The main focus in understanding Glacial cycles has been on the maximum summer insolation at 65N, yet prior to MPT (Mid Pleistocene Transition) all glaciations simply followed the obliquity cycle. To understand why obliquity is the underlying metronome, we need … Continue reading →

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Ice Age insights

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Clive Best

The discussion on the ‘dust’ theory of ice age termination at Judith Curry brought a couple of other interesting papers to light. This has started me thinking again about how recent deep glaciations terminate. Such glacial cycles apparently now only … Continue reading →

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When is the next Ice Age due ?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Clive Best

According to Emily Shuckburgh and Prof. Erik Wolf in a letter to the Times , the next Ice Age is not expected for another 50,000 years. Their claim seems to be based on a 2016 paper in Nature by Andrey Ganopolski, … Continue reading →

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