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    Milankovitch cycles describe the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years. The term was coined and...
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    the position of the Earth in comparison to the Sun, now known as Milankovitch cycles. This partly explained the ice ages occurring in the geological past...
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    irregularities in Earth's orbit could cause the climatic cycles now known as Milankovitch cycles. They are the result of the additive behavior of several...
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    studies of the Milankovitch cycles during supercontinent time periods have focused on the mid-Cretaceous. Present amplitudes of Milankovitch cycles over present-day...
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    confused with shorter term cycles of glacials and interglacials that are driven by astronomical forcing caused by Milankovitch cycles. According to Eyles and...
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    is also based on cycles of 19 solar years. A Small Maḥzor (Hebrew מחזור, pronounced [maχˈzor], meaning "cycle") is a 19-year cycle in the lunisolar calendar...
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    23rd parallel south 24th parallel south Antarctic Circle Axial tilt Milankovitch cycles Capricornus The Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue, which are part of...
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    climate changes. The main factor at work in climate cycling is now believed to be Milankovitch cycles. These are periodic variations in regional and planetary...
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    Calendar (redirect from Time cycles)
    their effect on cycles of religious activity. A full calendar system has a different calendar date for every day. Thus the week cycle is by itself not...
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    Great Year (redirect from Equinoctial cycle)
    Archived from the original on 2005-04-21. Retrieved 2019-02-09. "Milutin Milankovitch". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2000-03-24. Retrieved 2019-02-15. Wood,...
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