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The Anthropocene was a proposed geological epoch dating from the start of significant human impact on Earth, but it was rejected by the International Commission on Stratigraphy in 2024. The term Anthropocene is still used to describe human influence on the Earth system, but it has no formal geological status.
11 mar 2015 · Recent global environmental changes suggest that Earth may have entered a new human-dominated geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Here we review the historical genesis of the idea and assess ...
11 paź 2024 · Learn about the Anthropocene Epoch, an unofficial geologic time interval marked by human influence on Earth's systems. Explore the origins, arguments, and challenges of this concept, and see how it relates to the Quaternary Period and the Holocene Epoch.
26 sie 2024 · The Anthropocene is a term for the planetary transition in the mid-twentieth century caused by human impacts, but geologists have rejected its formalization as a geological epoch. The article explores how the concept can be used across sciences, humanities and policy despite the lack of a formal definition.
19 paź 2023 · The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems.
15 mar 2021 · This article reviews the origins and development of the Anthropocene concept, introduced by Paul Crutzen in 2000 and further elaborated by Steffen et al. in 2007. It also discusses the potential future trajectories of the Anthropocene and the challenges of sustainability.
13 gru 2022 · The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch that began when humans started altering the planet with industrial and radioactive materials in the 1950s. Geologists are considering nine sites worldwide that could mark the first clear evidence of the Anthropocene in the rock record, but not all scientists agree that it should be.
