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Study Reveals How Earth's Orbit Triggers Ice Ages, And There's One in The Next 11,000 Years
Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation ...
Earth's next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch
Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new ...
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Next Ice Age Should Be 10,000 Years Away – But Humans May Disrupt That
The idea that there is a connection between Earth’s orbit around the Sun and the fluctuation in global temperatures is five ...
This extreme exoplanet has a highly unusual orbit
Pluto, for example, has a highly elongated orbit compared to the planets in our solar system and has an orbital eccentricity ...
Ice Ages Follow a Hidden Pattern, and Scientists Just Cracked It
Glacial cycles aren’t random; they follow a predictable rhythm dictated by Earth’s orbit. A study analyzing climate records ...
What If the Asteroid Belt Had Formed a Super-Earth? Scientists Reveal the Shocking Impact
Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...
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The distinct role of Earth’s orbit in 100-thousand-year glacial cycles
The ebb and flow of Pleistocene glacial cycles is not random; it follows a predictable pattern dictated by the distinct and deterministic influence of Earth’s orbital geometry, according to a new ...
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Our next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch
Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago and a new study predicts the next one should be 10,000 years away. But the ...