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Comet Impact

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“The Younger Dryas comet storm caused airbursts equivalent to substantial nuclear blasts, with impacts recorded from North America to Syria.”

While some researchers claim evidence of cosmic airbursts at sites including Abu Hureyra, Syria, and across North America, the "Younger Dryas impact hypothesis" is considered a fringe theory and has been widely refuted by the broader scientific community for lacking reproducible, conclusive evidence

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“The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis suggests that approximately 12,800 years ago, Earth was hit by a fragmented comet, leading to massive wildfires, a sudden rise in sea levels, and a return to ice age conditions.”

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is a scientific proposal suggesting that a fragmented comet or asteroid struck or airburst over Earth approximately 12,800 years ago, triggering major climate change and other environmental shifts.

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“The Younger Dryas boundary layer contains soot, nanodiamonds, microspherules, platinum, and iridium, which are signatures of a cometary impact.”

The Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) layer is characterized by researchers in the "Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis" as containing peak abundances of soot, nanodiamonds, microspherules, platinum, and iridium, which they interpret as evidence of a cosmic impact.

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