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| | A simulation model for modern and glacial climates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | In 1920, the meteorologist Milutin Milankovic proposed that small changes in Earth's orbit, precession, and inclination affect the heat balance and modify climate (the alterations called "solar forcing"). |
 | | The Milankovic hypothesis was not taken seriously until 1976, when teams studying sediment cores from the ocean floor constructed a history of ocean temperature that matched the predictions of the Milankovic hypothesis, with two different ocean cores providing similar results. |
 | | The term "glacial maximum" refers to the time or position of the greatest extent of glaciation, and the term "hydrologic cycle" refers to the complete cycle through which water passes: from the ocean, through the atmosphere, to the land, and back to the ocean. |
| www.geopor.pt /GPnov/smm.html (226 words) |
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