What is a possible explanation for the Younger Dryas Cooling? A dramatic change in sunspot activity reduced incoming solar radiation The route of meltwater from the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet changed and slowed deepwater formation in the North Atlantic Human agriculture spread out from the Fertile Crescent at this time and resulted in declining CO2 in the atmosphere The monsoon system changed in the tropics, resulted in the expansion of wetlands and large methane release to the atmosphere

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What is a possible explanation for the Younger Dryas Cooling?

		A dramatic change in sunspot activity reduced incoming solar radiation
		The route of meltwater from the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet changed and slowed deepwater formation in the North Atlantic
		Human agriculture spread out from the Fertile Crescent at this time and resulted in declining CO2 in the atmosphere
		The monsoon system changed in the tropics, resulted in the expansion of wetlands and large methane release to the atmosphere