Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1805-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1805-2016
Research article
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07 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 07 Sep 2016

Mode transitions in Northern Hemisphere glaciation: co-evolution of millennial and orbital variability in Quaternary climate

David A. Hodell and James E. T. Channell

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For the past 2.7 million years the Earth's climate has switched more than 50 times between a cold glacial and warm interglacial state. We found the trend towards larger ice sheets over the past 2.7 million years was accompanied by changes in the style, frequency, and intensity of shorter-term (millennial) variability. We suggest the interaction between millennial climate change and longer-term variations in the Earth's orbit may be important for explaining the patterns of Quaternary climate.