Tag Archives: Ice Ages

Part 2: The real cause of Ice Ages ? – Resonant dust clouds ?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Clive Best

This post proposes that regular variations in interplanetary dust between the Earth and the Sun is the primary cause of  recent ice ages whose oscillations have been parameterised here. The Milankowitz theory of insolation is able to well explain the continuous … Continue reading →

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What causes interglacials? Part 1.

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Clive Best

The natural climate of Earth today is really an Ice Age with temperatures 2-4 degrees colder than today. For the last 1 million years glacial periods lasting about 80,000 years dominate interspersed with regular warmer interglacial periods lasting 10-20,000 years. … Continue reading →

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Phenomenology of Ice Ages

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Clive Best

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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