Inarticulate past: similarity properties of the ice–climate system and their implications for paleo-record attribution

Abstract. Reconstruction and explanation of past climate evolution using proxy records is the essence paleoclimatology. In this study, we use dimensional analysis a dynamical model on orbital timescales to recognize theoretical limits such forensic inquiries. Specifically, demonstrate that major events could have been produced by physically unsimilar processes making task paleo-record attribution particular phenomenon fundamentally difficult if not impossible. It also means any future scenario may unique cause and, in sense, timescale be some extent less sensitive specific terrestrial circumstances.