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Milankovitch Cycles for a soil erosion

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orbital forcing of the ice ages

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Eccentricity weight

Obliquity weight

Precession weight

Three slow changes in Earth's orbit — the stretch of its ellipse (eccentricity), the tilt of its axis (obliquity), and the wobble of that axis (precession) — combine to modulate summer sunlight at high latitudes. That insolation rhythm paces the glacial-interglacial cycles recorded in ice and ocean cores.

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Eccentricity~100 kyr

Obliquity~41 kyr

Precession~23 kyr

Insolation forcing

Q = 0.50 e (t) + 1.0 ε (t) + 0.70 p (t)

Reading this result: With obliquity weighted highest, a ~41 kyr beat dominates — the pattern that paced glacial cycles before ~1 million years ago, when axial tilt led the forcing.

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Is this good for educators?: Yes — this version of "Milankovitch Cycles for a soil erosion" is framed for educators teaching it to a class. Drop a live demo into a lecture or assign it as a shareable link — no lab installs.
Do I need to install anything?: No. It runs in any modern browser, free, with no account required.