Was the Younger Dryas Triggered by a Flood?
It Is Widely Believed That This Cold Event Was Triggered by a Flood of Fresh Water That Poured into the Northern Atlantic (1) and Disrupted the Thermohaline...
It is widely believed that this cold event was triggered by a flood of fresh water that poured into the northern Atlantic (1) and disrupted the thermohaline ocean circulation (2).
What caused the Younger Dryas?
What caused the Younger Dryas? The Younger Dryas occurred during the transition from the last glacial period into the present interglacial (the Holocene). During this time, the North American, or Laurentide, ice sheet was rapidly melting and adding freshwater to the ocean.
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What is the Younger Dryas and when did it occur?
Younger Dryas, also called Younger Dryas stadial, cool period between roughly 12,900 and 11,600 years ago that disrupted the prevailing warming trend occurring in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch (which lasted from 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago).
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