The Younger Dryas period is named after the alpine – tundra wildflower Dryas octopetala, because its fossils are abundant in the European (particularly Scandinavian) sediments dating to this timeframe.

Jul 13, 2026 · Younger Dryas, 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 …

Mar 28, 2026 · The Younger Dryas was a sudden return to near-glacial cold that interrupted the warming at the end of the last ice age, lasting roughly 1,300 years from about 12,900 to 11,600 years ago.

Nov 12, 2025 · Around 12,800 years ago, Earth entered an abrupt and catastrophic cooling period known as the Younger Dryas. This event marked the end of the Pleistocene epoch and delayed the …

Mar 15, 2024 · Our climate is changing rapidly, but not for the first time. There may be lessons we can learn from the last period of rapid change, known as the Younger Dryas.

Partway through this transition, temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere suddenly returned to near-glacial conditions. This near-glacial period is called the Younger Dryas, named after a flower (Dryas …

Graham Hancock argued in his 2015 book Magicians of the Gods that the Younger Dryas comet destroyed the earth in a time cycle and that it was responsible for the Noahide flood myth.

Sep 8, 2020 · The Younger Dryas (YD), arguably the most widely studied millennial-scale extreme climate event, was characterized by diverse hydroclimate shifts globally and severe cooling at high …

Feb 7, 2024 · During the most recent deglaciation, the upwards trend of warmer Northern Hemisphere (NH) temperatures was punctuated by a rapid and intense return to glacial conditions: the Younger …

This time in Earth history is called the Younger Dryas. It was named after the vast quantities of pollen from tundra flower species, Dryas octopetala, found in sediment deposited at the time.