Meteorite could have triggered past episode of climate change
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http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2013/05/meteorite-could-have-triggered-past-episode-of-climate-change/
> A period of significant global cooling called the Younger Dryas,
> which occurred between 12 800 and 11 500 years ago may have been
> caused by a meteorite explosion and impact. James Wittke of Northern
> Arizona University and his colleagues examined carbon spherules from
> 18 archeological sites worldwide, dating to 12 800 years ago. They
> found that the spherules were formed by sediments melting at
> temperatures of 2200 °C.