# The PLOS One Editors 2026: Retraction: A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay

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# Retraction: A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay

The PLOS One Editors, 2026. _PLOS One 21, e0342613_.

The retraction notice of 11 February 2026. Lists incorrect and unsupportive citations (raising concern about undisclosed AI use), inadequately reported dating, a radiocarbon calibration that did not follow recommended methods for the latitude and period and that gives younger ages outside the Younger Dryas when done as recommended, material in Supplementary Figures S30–S34 identified by experts as foraminifera rather than cosmic spherules, sampling unable to assess background variability, and unclear data attribution in the Zenodo repository. One author agreed; eight disagreed.

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The primary record of why the Baffin Bay paper was withdrawn.

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## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Material presented as cosmic spherule fragments in the Baffin Bay paper was identified as foraminifera.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/evidence/EVD0D51XGCC79S8/material-presented-as-cosmic-spherule-fragments-in-the)

Evidence

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[Recalibrating the Baffin Bay foraminifera dates by the recommended method moves them outside the Younger…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/evidence/EVD0D51XEXG4QJV/recalibrating-the-baffin-bay-foraminifera-dates-by-the)

Evidence

EVD

[Recommended calibration of the Baffin Bay dates gives younger ages outside the Younger Dryas, and one core…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/evidence/EVD0D51XRXT584N/recommended-calibration-of-the-baffin-bay-dates-gives)

Evidence

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[Supplementary material shown as cosmic spherule fragments was identified as foraminifera.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/evidence/EVD0D51XS5M0V73/supplementary-material-shown-as-cosmic-spherule-fragments)

Evidence

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[The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact)

The mystery article

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[PLOS One](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/organisations/ORG0D51X45R7BP1/plos-one)

ORG

[Do the two 2025 PLOS One papers, retracted in February 2026, still add evidence for an impact?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/questions/QST0D51X9SE7KQA/do-the-two-2025-plos-one-papers-retracted-in-february-2026)

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The PLOS One Editors (2026). Retraction: A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay. PLOS One 21, e0342613. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342613
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