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Modulation of ice ages via precession and dust-albedo feedbacks

Ralph Ellis and Michael Palmer. Published by Geoscience Frontiers.

The paper is about the late Pleistocene. It was published in November 2016.

Citation
Ellis, R., & Palmer, M. (2016). Modulation of ice ages via precession and dust-albedo feedbacks. Geoscience Frontiers, 7(6), 891–909. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.04.004.
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DOI 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.04.004

What the source says

The published abstract says that northern ice sheets keep temperature and carbon dioxide low through a glacial, that carbon dioxide falls to about 200 parts per million, and that the resulting dust darkens the ice so that the next rise in northern sunlight melts it. This record does not copy the paper.

Why it is here

It is the paper the journal article of the same title is describing.

Ralph’s interpretation

Ellis has also said, in plainer words, that carbon dioxide is only a small player and that dusty ice sheets are the main feedback. That wording is his summary, not a sentence from the abstract.

Alternative readings

The abstract says the standard Milankovitch-precession theory does not explain the long intervals between interglacials. The proposed mechanism is the authors’ hypothesis. It is not an established scientific consensus.

Modulation of ice ages via precession and dust-albedo feedbacks

DOI 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.04.004

The published abstract says that northern ice sheets keep temperature and carbon dioxide low through a glacial, that carbon dioxide falls to about 200 parts per million, and that the resulting dust darkens the ice so that the next rise in northern sunlight melts it. This record does not copy the paper.

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