Tag Archives: Ice Ages

Mid Pliocene Warm Period

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Clive Best

Is the warm period in the Mid Pliocene analogous to today’s warming climate? If so can we use it to infer future temperature rise? This is what Wikipedia says: The mid Pliocene warm period is considered a potential analog of … Continue reading →

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Does Antarctica initiate glaciations?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Clive Best

Attempts to explain the last million years of glacial cycles have concentrated mainly on the growth of Northern Ice sheets. Traditionally the summer insolation at 65N is thought to control the growth and extent of ice sheets, with interglacials coinciding … Continue reading →

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Milankovitch Insolation study

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Clive Best

Summary: The annual insolation of planet earth does not change during Milankovitch cycles. Instead it is the distribution of solar energy with latitude and with season that determines the earth’s climate. The most surprising result of this study is that the latitude gradient … Continue reading →

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