Critical insolation–CO2 relation for diagnosing past and future glacial inception

A. Ganopolski (), R. Winkelmann and H. J. Schellnhuber
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A. Ganopolski: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
R. Winkelmann: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
H. J. Schellnhuber: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nature, 2016, vol. 529, issue 7585, 200-203

Abstract: A critical functional relationship between boreal summer insolation and global carbon dioxide concentration is proposed and tested with simulations; it accounts for the beginning of the past eight glacial cycles and predicts that the next one is unusually far off, even without the effect of anthropogenic emissions.

Date: 2016
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