Image: SummerSolstice65N-future
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Description: Past and future of daily average insolation at top of the atmosphere on the day of the summer solstice, at 65 N latitude as derived from orbital parameters http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/srorbpar.html. The current interglacial may last an unusually long time. http://amper.ped.muni.cz/gw/articles/html.format/orb_forc.html advocates we may need to wait 620,00 years for sufficient reduction in insolation to trigger an ice age. Blue dot is current condition at 2 ky AD (2000 AD).
Title: SummerSolstice65N-future
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Author: Incredio
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