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The Anthropocene was a rejected proposal for a geological epoch following the Holocene, dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth up to the present day. This impact affects Earth's oceans, geology, geomorphology, landscape, limnology, hydrology, ecosystems and climate.
26 sie 2024 · Physical scientists study Earth’s responses to human impacts during the Anthropocene, whereas social scientists and humanities scholars explore the people and societies behind those impacts.
The Anthropocene, the concept that the Earth has moved into a novel geological epoch characterized by human domination of the planetary system, is an increasingly prevalent framework for debate both in academia and as a wider cultural and policy zeitgeist.
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 ...
20 lip 2016 · Stratigraphy and Earth System science have built a multidisciplinary approach for understanding Earth evolution, including the advent of the Anthropocene. Both approaches provide strong evidence that human activities have pushed the Earth into the Anthropocene, starting from the mid-20th century.
6 sie 2019 · The decision on whether to officially designate the Anthropocene will come down to stratigraphic evidence preserved in the geological record — that is, whether humans have left a distinctive set...
In this paper, we put forward the case for formally recognizing the Anthropocene as a new epoch in Earth history, arguing that the advent of the Industrial Revolution around 1800 provides a logical start date for the new epoch.
