High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Younger Dryas stadial, also referred to as the Big Freeze, was a geologically brief (1,300 70 years) period of cold climatic conditions and drought between approximately 12.8 and 11.5 ka BP, or 12,800 and 11,500 years before present. The Younger Dryas stadial is thought to have been caused by the collapse of the North American ice sheets, although rival theories have been proposed.
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