Comment on Every 202,500 Years, Earth Wanders in a New DirectionparentComments−matte_black8yAs the orbit elongates we experience greater variation in distance from the sun. At the extremes, we get colder winters and hotter summers.Perhaps another explanation for climate change.−thaumasiotes8yWhy would more eccentricity lead to colder winters and hotter summers in each hemisphere? How would that work?−LoSboccacc8yyeah makes little sense since the earth is closer to the sun in january. if anything higher eccentricity should reduce seasonal differences. (seasonal differences being driven mostly by earth tilt, not distance from sun)
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As the orbit elongates we experience greater variation in distance from the sun. At the extremes, we get colder winters and hotter summers.
Perhaps another explanation for climate change.
Why would more eccentricity lead to colder winters and hotter summers in each hemisphere? How would that work?
yeah makes little sense since the earth is closer to the sun in january. if anything higher eccentricity should reduce seasonal differences. (seasonal differences being driven mostly by earth tilt, not distance from sun)