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Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.

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The earth (and humanity) would be very different without our smaller red neighbor. In A Nutshell Computer simulations show that without Mars, a key 2.4-million-year climate cycle that helps pace Earth ...

New simulations show Mars plays a key role in shaping Earth’s long-term climate by influencing its orbit and axial tilt over hundreds of thousands to millions of years.