Six spheres of climate: 1. Atmosphere, 2. Biosphere, 3. Hydrosphere, 4. Cryosphere, 5. Lithosphere (tectonic plates), and 6. Solarsphere (Milankovich Cycles).

Six spheres of climate: 1. Atmosphere, 2. Biosphere, 3. Hydrosphere, 4. Cryosphere, 5. Lithosphere (tectonic plates), and 6. Solarsphere (Milankovich Cycles). This is a fantastic article that helps fill in the puzzle of glacial termination/reglaciation. The LR04 Benthic Stack is the overarching story and it is nicely complemented by Arctic/Antarctic ice core data, Chinese cave data, and now Italian cave data. I think it is the feedback between the configuration of the tectonic plates of the Lithosphere and the ocean currents of the Hydrosphere that controlled the transitions that first initiated the 23k Cryosphere glaciation cycles and the subsequent 41k and 100? K cycles. The isolation of Antarctica, the connection of North and South America, the closing/opening of the Mediterranean, etc.