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Orbital variations

Orbital variations
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Milankovitch cycles Last Updated on 2012-08-01 at 12:53 Milankovitch cycles refer to long term variations in the orbit of the Earth which result in changes in climate over periods hundred of thousands of years and are related... More »
Solar Energy: The Major Driver of Earth's Climate Last Updated on 2012-05-07 at 18:52 The major driver of Earth’s climate is the amount of solar energy it receives. Three laws relate the solar energy reaching Earth to the planet’s orientation with... More »
Orbital Variations and Solar Energy Last Updated on 2012-05-07 at 18:44 Three characteristics of Earth’s orbit around the sun—obliquity, eccentricity, and precession—change periodically and influence the amount of energy that... More »
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