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To: SunkenCiv
"There’s no gradualist mechanism that can cause glaciation, so, no, Milankovitch’s model is wrong."

Please elaborate on your post.

The cycle is of three components The Malkovich cycle, also known as Milakovich cycles, refers to the three variations in Earth's orbit that influence its climate over long periods. These cycles have different periods: about 100,000 years for orbital eccentricity, 41,000 years for axial tilt (obliquity), and 26,000 years for precession.

Dependent on how the three componets line up is what gives of ice ages and the weather we enjoy now.

25 posted on 04/26/2025 7:52:20 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: cpdiii

Doesn’t matter. That kind of ice generation requires an active hydrologic cycle, which is exactly what stops dead in conditions cold enough to prevent melt of ice and snow during summer months.

It used to be thought that Antarctica must have x amount of precipitation, and the first big year-round structure was something like a geodesic dome, which would stand up for many years against the snow load. Turns out, no snow load developed because the continent has the least precipitation on Earth.

And that’s with a world with a working hydrologic cycle.


26 posted on 04/26/2025 8:13:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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