Welcome to the Anthropocene Epoch
Geologists push for dawn of new age.
Has man’s behaviour since c.1800 forced scientists to rethink whether we have already entered a new geological age?
Picture courtesy of Flickr.
Geologists push for dawn of new age.
Has man’s behaviour since c.1800 forced scientists to rethink whether we have already entered a new geological age?
Picture courtesy of Flickr.
Humans have so altered the Earth — from carbon dioxide levels to wholesale changes to plant and animal populations — that we’ve created a whole new geological epoch for ourselves, according to research published this week by the Geological Society of America. The authors of the study conclude that Nobel
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