Reconstructions of Antarctic local temperature based on the measured ratio of stable water isotopes within deep ice cores show a strong signature of orbital insolation variability 3,4,5,6. Recently, a ...

In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, ...

For the Civil Services IAS Exam Geography has vast and it covers most sections of the General Studies for the IAS Prelims Exam. The geography is scientific in its orientation and hence the IAS ...

Insolation for horizontal plates is proportional to the sine of the solar angle. If cloudiness does not vary significantly from month to month, the annual insolation profile will resemble a sine curve ...