Insolation Affected Ice Age Climate Dynamics

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Researchers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland use stalagmites to document the significance of orbital insolation for abrupt changes in ice age climate

Jens Fohlmeister (at right) and Christoph Spötl from the University of Innsbruck
Jens Fohlmeister (at right) and Christoph Spötl from the University of Innsbruck (Austria) in the bat crevice of the Betten cave (Melchsee-Frutt/Central Switzerland). The image was taken in 2016. | © Martin Trüssel / Karst and Caves Natural Heritage Foundation Obwalden

In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, geoscientists, and environmental physicists suggests. Using stalagmites in the European Alps, they were able to demonstrate that warm phases appeared primarily when the summer insolation reached maxima in the Northern Hemisphere. ...

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