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- Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04428-3 38 comments
- Geologists reject declaration of Anthropocene epoch https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/22/geologists-reject-declaration-of-anthropocene-epoch 21 comments worldnews
- Scholars say it's time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the 'Lunar Anthropocene' https://phys.org/news/2023-12-scholars-declare-epoch-moon-lunar.html 49 comments space
- ‘There’s been a fundamental change in our planet’: hunt on for spot to mark the start of the Anthropocene epoch https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/01/theres-been-a-fundamental-change-in-our-planet-hunt-on-for-spot-to-mark-the-start-of-the-anthropocene-epoch?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 5 comments anthropology
- ‘There’s been a fundamental change in our planet’: hunt on for spot to mark the start of the Anthropocene epoch | Evolution https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/01/theres-been-a-fundamental-change-in-our-planet-hunt-on-for-spot-to-mark-the-start-of-the-anthropocene-epoch 12 comments environment
- Marking the Anthropocene geological epoch would usher in the end of the roughly 12,000-year-old Holocene epoch https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04428-3 2 comments science
- A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch https://www.episodes.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.18814/epiiugs/2021/021029 9 comments science
- Anthropocene Workinf Group Votes to Formally Recognize the “Human Epoch” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01641-5?fbclid=iwar2lbvhqhrxgx9qrt-03yvm6wdak8jlqsft6mxdelpezcjf4whsanuhlo6o 3 comments worldnews
- It's Official: The Anthropocene Epoch Is Here http://www.ecowatch.com/anthropocene-1991220147.html 4 comments worldnews
- An official welcome to the Anthropocene epoch: Scientists declare a new age of humanity http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/an-official-welcome-to-the-anthropocene-epoch-scientists-declare-a-new-age-of-humanity/ 9 comments science
- Scientists Say Geological Epoch the Anthropocene Is Here http://time.com/4470514/anthropocene-geological-epoch-earth-scientists/ 3 comments worldnews
- The evidence for a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, which marks the impact of human activity on the Earth is now overwhelming according to a recent paper by an international group of geoscientists. http://phys.org/news/2016-01-anthropocene-hard-evidence-human-driven-earth.html 101 comments science
- Humanity's terrifying impact on Earth justifies new Anthropocene epoch http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/16/humanitys-terrifying-impact-on-earth-justifies-new-anthropocene-epoch 4 comments worldnews
- Anthropocene: We might be about to move from the Holocene to a new epoch http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/anthropocene-we-might-be-about-to-move-from-the-holocene-to-a-new-epoch-9798854.html 3 comments science
- Welcome to a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/124/1 4 comments science
- Nine candidate sites, marked by pollution and other signs of human activity, for defining the Anthropocene geological epoch https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04428-3 2 comments science
- Earth has officially entered a new epoch, the Anthropocene http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/29/anthropocene-here-humanity-has-pushed-earth-new-epoch 4 comments worldnews
- The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/29/declare-anthropocene-epoch-experts-urge-geological-congress-human-impact-earth?cmp=share_androidapp_%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%BD%EB%B3%B4%EB%93%9C%EC%97%90_%EB%B3%B5%EC%82%AC 6 comments worldnews
- Scientists announce Earth entering a new Geological epoch - welcome to the Anthropocene Epoch http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080127/sc_livescience/humansforceearthintonewgeologicepoch 3 comments science
- Scientists designate Canadian lake as ground-zero for the Anthropocene, Earth's new epoch https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230711-canadian-lake-ground-zero-for-anthropocene-epoch 8 comments science
- Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04428-3 9 comments climate
- Scientists have discovered evidence of the beginning of the Anthropocene, the newest geological epoch. The evidence came in the form of a "golden spike" found in the heartwood of the "loneliest tree in the world." https://www.keele.ac.uk/pressreleases/2018/loneliesttreeintheworldmarksnewageforourplanet.php 4 comments science
- Humans Leave a Telltale Residue on Earth - Scientists find a layer of plastics, radiation and soot embedded in the planet's surface, defining a new Anthropocene epoch http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-leave-a-telltale-residue-on-earth1/ 9 comments worldnews
- Welcome to the warm Anthropocene. The growing volume of global temperature data adds to the evidence that we have left the Holocene and entered a new geological epoch dominated by human activities. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228343.700-new-geological-epoch-made-by-humans.html?dcmp=otc-rss&nsref=online-news&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website 54 comments science
- Scientists debating whether to name a whole epoch after human effects on the planet. They want to call it Anthropocene. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110511/full/473133a.html 11 comments science
- Dawn of the Anthropocene Epoch? Earth has entered new age of geological time, experts say http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100326101117.htm 16 comments science
- The human impact on Earth's chemistry and climate has ended the 11,700-year-old geological epoch known as the Holocene and ushered in a new one, the Anthropocene. http://phys.org/news/2016-08-anthropocene-scientists.html 173 comments worldnews
- We are officially in the "Anthropocene Epoch", say geologists; "Unless there's some unforeseen calamity caused by volcanic activity or a meteor," they argued, "mankind will remain a major geological force for many millennia, maybe millions of years, to come." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-11/the-year-humans-started-to-ruin-the-world 56 comments worldnews
- End of an Epoch: Nature Becomes Us | We are now entering the “Anthropocene” era, one in which there's no separation between human activities and what we used to call nature. http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c0839b3543f46b1918265cdb967c9a87 4 comments science
- Scientists say Anthropocene epoch is the 'Age of Plastic'. "If all the plastic made in the last few decades was clingfilm, there would be enough to put a layer around the whole Earth," researcher Jan Zalasiewicz said. http://www.upi.com/science_news/2016/01/27/scientists-say-anthropocene-epoch-is-the-age-of-plastic/5331453915485/?spt=sec&or=sn 15 comments science
- Is Human Impact Accelerating Out of Control? The conference has already declared that the Holocene Epoch is now over and that the Anthropocene -- in other words, the epoch when the impact of human activity will be clearly seen in the future in the geological record -- has already begun. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-human-impact-accelerating-out-of-control 68 comments worldnews
- Humans have so profoundly altered the Earth that some scientists argue our current geologic epoch requires a new name: the Anthropocene. But defining the start of the era is tricky. A method to measure levels of human-made contaminants in sediments could help pinpoint the Anthropocene’s onset https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2017/october/determining-when-humans-started-impacting-the-planet-on-a-large-scale.html 12 comments science
- The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age | Experts say human impact on Earth so profound that Holocene must give way to epoch defined by nuclear tests, plastic pollution and domesticated chicken https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/29/declare-anthropocene-epoch-experts-urge-geological-congress-human-impact-earth 59 comments worldnews
- Scientists declare Earth has entered the 'Age of Man' | Influential panel votes to recognise the start of the Anthropocene epoch - The term means 'Age of man' and its origin will be back-dated to the middle of the 20th-century to mark when humans started irrevocably damaging the planet https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7074409/scientists-declare-earth-entered-age-man.html 6 comments worldnews
- Scientists declare Earth has entered the 'Age of Man' | Influential panel votes to recognise the start of the Anthropocene epoch - The term means 'Age of man' and its origin will be back-dated to the middle of the 20th-century to mark when humans started irrevocably damaging the planet https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7074409/scientists-declare-earth-entered-age-man.html 41 comments worldnews
- Scientists declare Earth has entered the 'Age of Man' | Influential panel votes to recognise the start of the Anthropocene epoch - The term means 'Age of man' and its origin will be back-dated to the middle of the 20th-century to mark when humans started irrevocably damaging the planet https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7074409/scientists-declare-earth-entered-age-man.html 5 comments worldnews
- Scientists declare Earth has entered the 'Age of Man' | Influential panel votes to recognise the start of the Anthropocene epoch - The term means 'Age of man' and its origin will be back-dated to the middle of the 20th-century to mark when humans started irrevocably damaging the planet https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7074409/scientists-declare-earth-entered-age-man.html 6 comments worldnews
- Scientists declare Earth has entered the 'Age of Man' | Influential panel votes to recognise the start of the Anthropocene epoch - The term means 'Age of man' and its origin will be back-dated to the middle of the 20th-century to mark when humans started irrevocably damaging the planet https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7074409/scientists-declare-earth-entered-age-man.html 1335 comments worldnews
- Millions of years from now, fossilized chicken bones may be the best geological marker for the Anthropocene, the so-called age of humans. A new study suggests a novel answer to the debate over the best "Golden Spike" future researchers could use to denote the start of our new epoch. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/12/11/anthropocene-chickens-golden-spike/ 21 comments science
- "Coral reefs will be the first, but certainly not the last, major ecosystem to succumb to the Anthropocene — the new geological epoch now emerging." In no uncertain terms, ecologist rings death knell for Earth's coral reefs http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/a-world-without-coral-reefs.html 52 comments science