Milankovitch cycles

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astronomical theory climate forcing mechanism orbital cycles

Milankovitch cycles are long-term variations in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt that drive natural climate fluctuations, including the timing of ice ages.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Milankovitch cycles canonical 4
Earth axial tilt 1
Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical theory ⓘ
climate forcing mechanism ⓘ
orbital cycles ⓘ
affects Earth climate ⓘ
glacial–interglacial cycles ⓘ
insolation ⓘ
seasonal distribution of solar radiation ⓘ
timing of ice ages ⓘ
causes changes in ice sheet mass balance ⓘ
slow natural climate fluctuations ⓘ
variations in high-latitude summer insolation ⓘ
describes long-term variations in Earth’s orbit and tilt ⓘ
developedIn 20th century ⓘ
distinctFrom anthropogenic climate change ⓘ
explains orbital forcing of climate ⓘ
periodicity of ice ages ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
climatology ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
hasComponent eccentricity cycle ⓘ
obliquity cycle ⓘ
precession cycle ⓘ
hasEccentricityPeriod about 100,000 years ⓘ
about 400,000 years ⓘ
hasObliquityPeriod about 41,000 years ⓘ
hasPrecessionPeriod about 19,000 years ⓘ
about 23,000 years ⓘ
involves axial precession ⓘ
changes in axial tilt ⓘ
changes in orbital eccentricity ⓘ
climatic precession ⓘ
precession of the equinoxes ⓘ
isPartOf Earth–Sun orbital dynamics ⓘ
namedAfter Milutin Milanković ⓘ
operatesOn Earth Orientation Parameters ⓘ
surface form: Earth axial precession

Earth axial tilt ⓘ
Earth orbit ⓘ
relatedTo Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Pleistocene ice ages

Quaternary glaciation ⓘ
orbital forcing ⓘ
supportedBy foraminifera oxygen isotope data ⓘ
ice core records ⓘ
marine sediment cores ⓘ
theorizedBy Milutin Milanković ⓘ
timeScale hundreds of thousands of years ⓘ
tens of thousands of years ⓘ
usedIn Quaternary climate studies ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quaternary period → climateDriver → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
Holocene climatic optimum → hasCause → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
Cenozoic glaciations → drivenBy → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
Milutin Milanković → knownFor → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
Milutin Milanković → notableWork → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanon der Erdbestrahlung und seine Anwendung auf das Eiszeitenproblem
Richard Mueller → notableWork → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Muller
this entity surface form: Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes research
Richard Mueller → hasWritten → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Muller
this entity surface form: Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes
Earth–Moon system → stabilizes → Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earth axial tilt