Colin Waters – The Conversation

Conceito acumulou muitas interpretações desde que foi proposto pela primeira vez, algumas muito diferentes de seu significado original e essencial de um afastamento marcante da estabilidade do Holoceno. RooM the Agency / Alamy

September 22, 2026

O Antropoceno foi rejeitado como época geológica, mas a ideia continua mudando a forma como vemos o mundo

Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester; Colin Waters, University of Leicester, and Martin J. Head, Brock University

Nova pesquisa defende que nenhum outro conceito reflete nossa transformação em escala planetária em seu contexto adequado de tempo profundo

A large open pit mine at sunset. RooM the Agency / Alamy

September 9, 2026

The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch – but the idea is still changing how we see the world

Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester; Colin Waters, University of Leicester, and Martin J. Head, Brock University

New research argues no other concept reflects our planet-wide transformation in its proper context of deep time.

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March 12, 2024

What the Anthropocene’s critics overlook – and why it really should be a new geological epoch

Simon Turner, UCL; Colin Waters, University of Leicester; Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, and Martin J. Head, Brock University

Geologists recently voted down a proposal to formally recognise the Anthropocene.

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December 5, 2023

The climate change we caused is here for at least 50,000 years – and probably far longer

Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester; Colin Waters, University of Leicester; Jens Zinke, University of Leicester, and Mark Williams, University of Leicester

The Anthropocene began quickly, but will last deep into the geological future.

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