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Has earth's orbit significantly affected its recent climate?

Oscillations in earth's orbit called Milankovitch cycles are at least partly responsible for climate change over tens and hundreds of thousands of years. However, the IPCC does not believe this is the cause of global warming over the last century.

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Is global warming caused primarily by humans?
Has earth's orbit significantly affected its recent climate?

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George Kukla    Climate Researcher
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The accelerating warming of the Earth is not caused by man but by the regularities of the planets' circulation around the Sun.
04 Jun 2007    Source


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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change    (IPCC) Scientific Body formed by U.N.
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It is virtually certain that global temperatures during coming centuries will not be significantly influenced by a natural orbitally induced cooling. It is very unlikely that the Earth would naturally enter another ice age for at least 30 kyr.
01 Jan 2008    Source



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