I always find the name Younger Dryas confusing.
Was there an Older Dryas?
Or did earlier folks not care if their As was dry or not... :]
“Was there an Older Dryas?”
Yes. Older Dryas was before Younger Dryas. Plenty on the internet machine.
Named for: The Dryas octopetala, a cold-tolerant Arctic flower whose pollen became more prevalent in sediment cores during this cooler period—just like during the Younger Dryas
Dryas I might, I’ve never found reference to an Older Dryas. I think the Dryas is the Dryas, and the Younger Dryas was the relatively brief reprise as the oceans cooled when the large glacial meltwater lakes broke through the last of the ice and flowed in.