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whats the significance of milankovich cycles?
they are variances in earths spin and orbit around the sun, and they may help drive long - term climate change.
they are natural cycles in the amount of co2 in the atmosphere.
they are natural cycles in asteroids; fortunately we are currently in a low - asteroid period of the milankovich cycle.
they are cycles in the suns energy (heat output).
Milankovitch Cycles involve changes in Earth's spin (obliquity) and orbit (eccentricity and precession) around the Sun. These changes affect the distribution of solar radiation on Earth. Over long periods (tens to hundreds of thousands of years), these variations can influence climate patterns, such as the onset and end of ice ages. They are not related to CO₂ cycles (which are more about carbon sinks and sources), asteroid cycles (a mis - understanding), or direct solar energy output cycles (solar output has its own cycles like the 11 - year sunspot cycle, but Milankovitch is about Earth's orbital/spin changes).
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They are variances in Earth's spin and orbit around the sun, and they may help drive long - term climate change.