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The relative role of direct orbital forcing versus CO<sub>2</sub> and ice feedbacks on Quaternary climate. <i>Nature Comm. 17(1)</i>: 4254. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70750-3\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70750-3</a>","BEntID":446338,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":null,"vabbflag":null,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Nature Comm. 17(1)</i>: 4254. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70750-3\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70750-3</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Williams, C.J.R.; Lord, N.S.; Kennedy-Asser, A.T.; Ren, X.; Richards, D.A.; Crucifix, M.; Kontula, A.; Thorne, M.; Valdes, P.J.; Foster, G.L.; Brown, R.M.; McClymont, E.L.; Lunt, D.J.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Williams, C.J.R. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"During the Quaternary (the last 2.58 million years), Earth's climate has fluctuated between glacials and interglacials, paced by external forcings and mediated by internal feedbacks. 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