Born Paris, France, February 1797
Died Paris, France, 1862
In 1842, French mathematician Joseph Adhémar proposed that changes in the Earth's orbital elements could affect long‐term climate causing the “ice ages.”
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Imbrie, John and Katherine P. Imbrie (1979). Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery. Short Hills, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers.
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(2007). Adhémar, Joseph‐Alphonse. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_20
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