Earth's narrow escape from a big freeze

Michel Crucifix ()
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Michel Crucifix: Michel Crucifix is at the Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium.

Nature, 2016, vol. 529, issue 7585, 162-163

Abstract: An equation has been derived that allows the timing of the onset of glaciations to be predicted. This confirms that Earth has just missed entering a new glacial period, and is unlikely to enter one for another 50,000 years. See Letter p.200

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/529162a

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