Event · Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

PLOS One retracts the Baffin Bay and shocked-quartz papers

Both notices were issued the same day; Retraction Watch reported them on 4 March 2026.

Involves 2

Comet Research Group

Organisation

ORG

PLOS One

Organisation

ORG

Cites 1

Retraction: Shocked quartz at the Younger Dryas onset (12.8 ka) supports cosmic airbursts/impacts contributing to North American megafaunal extinctions and collapse of the Clovis technocomplex

SRC

Happened to 1

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

MYS

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). PLOS One retracts the Baffin Bay and shocked-quartz papers [Event EVT0D51X82R49CE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0D51X82R49CE

@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0d51x82r49ce,
  title     = {PLOS One retracts the Baffin Bay and shocked-quartz papers},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Event, catalog key EVT0D51X82R49CE},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0D51X82R49CE}
}