Volcanic forcing of global climate cooling at the Younger Dryas onset preserved in North… (SRC-NANAYOBO-2026)

Volcanic forcing of global climate cooling at the Younger Dryas onset preserved in North American sediments

Nana Yobo, L.; et al. (5 authors total) · 2026

AI-verified citationSRC-NANAYOBO-2026

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Science Advances 12(18): eaec9030, published 2026-04-29. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec9030

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Confirmed via Crossref (2026-08-22 batch): title, first author, journal, volume, issue, and year match.

reliability notes

Very recent; an emerging alternative-trigger hypothesis that itself needs replication and broader synchronization before being treated as more than a candidate.

Evidence drawn from this source

Undermines· moderateYDIH-E029

what the source states: Highly-siderophile-element and osmium-isotope geochemistry at Page-Ladson, Florida reported volcanic signatures in Younger Dryas onset sediments and proposed volcanic forcing as a contributing trigger for the cooling.
what we infer: A second site where discriminating geochemistry favors volcanism over impact, and — more importantly for the attribution — a rival exotic trigger with actual source evidence behind it. Carried at moderate strength: it is one very recent study and should itself be treated as an emerging hypothesis, not a new consensus.
limitations: Published April 2026; needs replication, independent age synchronization, and climate-model testing.
A volcanic trigger for the YD would be a rival hypothesis, not a confirmation of the conventional meltwater account.