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by Steve Graham • March 24, 2000 ![]() Milankovitch dedicated his career to developing a mathematical theory of climate based on the seasonal and latitudinal variations of solar radiation received by the Earth. Now known as the Milankovitch Theory, it states that as the Earth travels through space around the sun, cyclical variations in three elements of Earth-sun geometry combine to produce variations in the amount of solar energy that reaches Earth:
Together, the periods of these orbital motions have become known as Milankovitch cycles. next: Orbital Variations |
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