Earth's Rotation, Revolution, and Climatology — Links
* Features of the Earth's rotation about its axis that may affect long-term climate change: (1) precession of the rotational axis and (2) change in the tiltedness of the axis, also called "obliquity"
* Features of the Earth's revolution around the Sun (orbital parameters) that may affect long-term climate: (1) precession of perihelion, (2) cycle of
eccentricity, and (3) varying orbital inclination (tricky: relative to the plane of the angular momentum vector of the solar system, controversial?)
Note: Aside from the two main categories, the following links are not (yet) in any particular order.
Government Agencies, Museums, Etc.
- "The Seasons and the Earth's Orbit – Milankovitch Cycles", George Kaplan, US Naval Observatory
- NOAA Paleoclimatology Program — Orbital Variations and Milankovitch Theory: Astronomical Theory of Climate Change
- NOAA Paleoclimatology Program — Paleo Slide Set: The Ice Ages, Thomas G. Andrews
- "Why do ice ages occur? – What controls the advance and retreat of these large glaciers
during the four long, cool periods?", Illinois State Museum
- "Global Climate Change: Effect of the Earth's Orbit", Fact Sheet, Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Energy Center
- "A New Theory of Glacial Cycles " ("Quick Summary"), Richard A Muller, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with Gordon MacDonald
- "On the Shoulders of Giants: Milutin Milankovitch", NASA's Earth Observatory
- "Life in the Universe: Climatic Stability", Donald M. Hunten, History Office, NASA
University Courses or University-Related
- "Astronomical Theory of Climate Change", Owen Davis, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona
- "What makes the climate change?", Geography 305: Environmental Change: Nature and Impact, Dept. of Geology, Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis
- "Milankovitch and Tuning", Peter Huybers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- "Ice Ages and Climate Change", Todd A. Radenbaugh, Geology 102 – Environmental Geology, Department of Geology, University of Regina
- "The Pacemaker of the Ice Ages: Milankovich Cycles in Climate", Ellen Thomas, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University
- "The 100,000 Year Signal and the Angle of Inclination", Jim Apple, University of Virginia
- "Milankovitch Theory and Climate: CLIMATE, ASTRONOMICAL FORCING, AND CHAOS", P.E. Olson, Columbia University
- "The Milankovitch Hypothesis — THE ORBITAL FORCING MODEL", E.J. Anderson, Temple University
- "Origin of the 100 kyr Glacial Cycle: eccentricity or orbital inclination?", Richard A.
Muller, University of California, Berkeley, and Gordon J. MacDonald, University of California, San Diego
- "Solar Astronomy in the Prehistoric Southwest: Astronomical Appendix", A slide set by P. Charbonneau , O.R. White, and T.J. Bogdan, High Altitude Observatory, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
- "Earth Orbit Variations Linked To Global Climate Change" (Milankovich cycles 23 million years ago), by James Zachos and Tim Stephens
Different factor -- a cycle in the Sun?
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