Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1959-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1959-2019
Research article
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22 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2019

Bispectra of climate cycles show how ice ages are fuelled

Diederik Liebrand and Anouk T. M. de Bakker

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We present a new analysis and interpretation of a well-established climate record that spans the past 5 million years. We describe how the energy the Earth receives from the Sun is transferred among climate cycles with different duration. This analysis offers new insights into the complex evolution of the global climate system and land-ice volumes during this time. Furthermore, it provides a more complete solution to the long-standing 40 000- and ~100 000-year problems of the ice ages.