Studies refute hypothesis on what caused abrupt climate change thousands of years ago

Monday, December 19, 2016 - 12:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Two new studies in the Journal of Quaternary Science refute the hypothesis that one or more comets/bolides struck North America approximately 12,900 years ago triggering rapid climate change and the start of the Younger Dryas period.

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