Category 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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The relationship of CO2 to temperature

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Clive Best

Is temperature a function of CO2 or is CO2 a function of temperature i.e. Is T=f(CO2) or CO2=f(T) ? The answer according to Richard Betts is both, because increasing CO2 warms the planet but levels in the atmosphere also respond … Continue reading →

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