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Unit 4: Earth hazards and climate change

Quick questions on Milankovitch cycles and orbital forcing: WACE Year 12 Earth and Environmental Science

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What is feedbacks amplify the small push?
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The change in sunlight from orbital cycles is too small by itself to cause full ice ages. Feedbacks amplify it.

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