Usually means: Abrupt cooling event, Pleistocene epoch.
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▸ noun:  (geology) The last stage of the Pleistocene epoch, lasting from circa 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.

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Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, more...

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dryasdust, dryopteris, younger, young adult, Drylands, youngling, dry season, sage grouse, juvenile, prairie chicken, more...

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Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, more...



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