Scientists recently voted to designate Crawford Lake, a small body of water in southern Canada, as the reference site of the “Age of Man.”
Anthropocene
La dificultad de definir el Antropoceno
Los humanos pueden estar en una nueva época geológica, el Antropoceno, pero diferentes grupos definen su comienzo en diferentes momentos. ¿Cuándo debería haber comenzado el Antropoceno?
The Difficulty of Defining the Anthropocene
Humans may be in a new geologic epoch—the Anthropocene—but different groups define its start at varied times. When should the Anthropocene have begun?
Here Comes the Anthropocene
Two recent papers in Earth's Future discuss the addition of a new epoch to the geological timescale.
Scientific Study Group Favors Recognizing Human-Influenced Epoch
A formal proposal could take 3–4 years to prepare and then would require evaluation and approval by other scientists.
Watch Your Language
Legacy words and the search of a new human-environment dynamic
What Is the Anthropocene?
Geologists must consider whether the Anthropocene is a specific segment in the continuum of time or a holistic concept.