In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, ...

The pacing of glacial–interglacial cycles during the Quaternary period (the past 2.6 million years) is attributed to astronomically driven changes in high-latitude insolation. However, it has not been ...

The principal variables affecting the intensity of insolation are cloud cover, elevation of the sun above the horizon, and the angle of the radiated surface to the sun. Power users who reduce their ...