Slide 1What drives the ice age cycles? Slide 2 Milankovitch Theory of orbital forcing of ice sheets Tilt variations eccentricity variations precession of perihelion Slide…
Slide 1Milankovitch, 1937 Orbital Theory of Ice Ages 3 dominant pacemakers of climate change Eccentricity: 100,000 year cycle Obliquity: 41,000 year cycle Precession: 23,000…
Slide 1 Natural and Human Influences on Climate Change Natural climate influence only Human climate influence only All Climate Influences Slide 2 Slide 3 Sources of Climate…