Because the major changes in Earth's ice masses occurred in the Northern ... or boreal, summer insolation was the most important forcing of the glacial-interglacial cycle. Ice sheets respond ...

This is called insolation. Only approximately 52 per cent of this insolation reaches the earth's surface. The rest is absorbed by water vapour, dust and clouds, or is reflected by the Earth's ...

Their paper, "Eccentric orbits may enhance the habitability of Earth-like exoplanets," was ... of annual solar irradiance (aka annual mean insolation). After running 30 simulation years for ...

This NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image, acquired on May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, ...

(1 mark) Due to the tilt of the Earth, there is no insolation at the poles during the winter solstices as the Earth is tilted away from the sun. (1 mark) Tropical areas receive insolation all year ...