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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Variations in [[climate]] that are due to variations in the receipt of [[solar  radiation]] associated with 1) the precession of the [[equinoxes]] and [[solstices]]; 2) the varying tilt of  the earth's rotational axis; and 3) the varying eccentricity of the earth's orbit.</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Variations in [[climate]] that are due to variations in the receipt of [[solar radiation|solar  radiation]] associated with 1) the precession of the [[equinox|equinoxes]] and [[solstices]]; 2) the varying tilt of  the earth's rotational axis; and 3) the varying eccentricity of the earth's orbit.</div><br/> </div>
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Milankovitch oscillations

Variations in climate that are due to variations in the receipt of solar radiation associated with 1) the precession of the equinoxes and solstices; 2) the varying tilt of the earth's rotational axis; and 3) the varying eccentricity of the earth's orbit.


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