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Texas Cave Sediment Upends Meteorite Explanation for Global Cooling

Researchers say global cooling 13,000 years ago is coincident with major volcanic eruptions. Texas researchers from the University of Houston, Baylor University, and Texas A&M University have discovered evidence for why the Earth cooled dramatically 13,000 years ago, dropping temperatures by about 3°C. The evidence is buried in a Central Texas cave, where horizons of sediment ...

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Scientists at Hall's cave.