Younger Dryas
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title:
Younger Dryas
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The Younger Dryas (YD) was a period in Earth's geologic history that occurred circa 12,900 to 11,700 years Before Present (BP). It is primarily known for the sudden or "abrupt" cooling in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Atlantic Ocean cooled and annual air temperatures decreased by ~3 °C (5.4 °F) over North America, 2–6 °C (3.6–10.8 °F) in Europe and up to 10 °C (18 °F) in Greenland, in a few decades. Cooling in Greenland was particularly rapid, taking place over just 3 years or less. At
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Time period c. 12,900–11,700 years ago with Northern Hemisphere glacial cooling and SH warming
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas
date created:
2002-06-04T14:38:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:01:15Z
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