Topic
Climate History
3 questions tagged Climate History — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
whose
Whose studies first linked Milankovitch cycles to ice ages?
Milutin Milankovitch calculated that changes in Earth’s orbit help drive long-term climate cycles and ice ages.
ScienceClimate History
whose
Whose theory first explained continental ice sheets in the last ice age?
James Croll was an early pioneer who linked climate shifts to orbital and oceanic changes in the 19th century.
ScienceClimate History
whose
Whose research first explained the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide in more detail?
Guy Stewart Callendar argued in the 1930s that industrial CO2 was already warming the planet. He helped revive interest in climate change during the 20th century.
Weather and climateClimate history