The role of solar forcing upon climate change.

Evidence for millennial-scale climate changes during the last 60,000 years has been found in Greenland ice cores and North Atlantic ocean cores. Until now, the cause of these climate changes remained a matter of debate. We argue that variations in solar activity may have played a significant role in...

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Published in:Quaternary Science Reviews
Main Authors: van Geel, B., Raspopov, O.M., Renssen, H., van der Plicht, J., Dergachev, V.A., Meijer, H.A.J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/f3f1f0fa-2719-4365-aa4d-ace7ce7296dc
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00088-2
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Summary:Evidence for millennial-scale climate changes during the last 60,000 years has been found in Greenland ice cores and North Atlantic ocean cores. Until now, the cause of these climate changes remained a matter of debate. We argue that variations in solar activity may have played a significant role in forcing these climate changes. We review the coincidence of variations in cosmogenic isotopes (