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Which component of a Milankovitch cycle is related to periodic ice ages throughout Earth's history?
Question 18 options:
A)
Apsidal precession
B)
Climate Forcing
C)
Cloud cover feedback
D)
Axial precession
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D) Axial precession
Axial precession (the slow wobble of Earth's rotation axis) is one of the Milankovitch components that changes the seasonal distribution of sunlight and, together with eccentricity and obliquity variations, helps drive the timing of glacial–interglacial (ice age) cycles.
Axial precession (the slow wobble of Earth's rotation axis) is one of the Milankovitch components that changes the seasonal distribution of sunlight and, together with eccentricity and obliquity variations, helps drive the timing of glacial–interglacial (ice age) cycles.
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