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milaknovitch cycle

changes in precession, eccentricity and obliquity.

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olbliquity (tilt)

when the earth changes its tilt more the seasons become more extreme (hotter summers or colder winters)

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Precession(wobble)

when the earth wobbles it changes the direction it is pointing towards which causes some parts of the world to get more sunlight than others

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Eccentricity

changes in aphelion and/ or perihelion (how close or far we are from the sun)

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albedo

amount of light reflected from a space

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very dark surfaces

absorb more light and reflect less

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very light surfaces

reflect more and absorb less

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as the direction of tilt changes the

seasons change

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LICC

lower pressure inwards and counter clockwise

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high pressure out and clockwise