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No Proof of Younger Dryas Impact
December 9, 2009 | University of Hawai'i Manoa

What caused the sudden cooling of the Earth 13,000 years ago, known as the Younger Dryas? One theory is a meteorite impact, but no substantial proof of such a collision can be found.


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