Sentences with phrase «cyclic orbital changes»

Though Milan Milankovitch would not perform his definitive calculations of the Earth's orbital cycles for three decades yet, the Serb was not the first to consider the effects of cyclic orbital changes.

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While natural global warming during the ice ages was initiated by increased solar radiation caused by cyclic changes to Earth's orbital parameters, there is no evident mechanism for correcting Anthropogenic Global Warming over the next several centuries.

While Milankovitch forcing predicts that cyclic changes in the Earth's orbital parameters can be expressed in the glaciation record, additional explanations are necessary to explain which cycles are observed to be most important in the timing of glacial — interglacial periods.