The recent rejection of the start of the Anthropocene epoch reminds us of the paramount importance of preserving what remains of our current Holocene.
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Although alternative terms have been suggested, the Anthropocene captures the magnitude of the crisis we face.
As we debate the proposals for what the world after the virus should look like, it is crucial that we understand the roots of what got us here.
2018 brought the announcement of a new geologic age that covers the last 4,200 years. How do scientists divide up Earth’s timeline and what do these demarcations mean?
When it comes to the geological record, airbrushing out humans’ impact on the environment makes little sense.
The climate crisis is a complex scientific problem. New systems have to be developed through democratic systemic reforms.
The impact of European settlement on Australia was so massive that many mammals disappeared before anyone noticed they were there, but fossils from the past 10,000 years offer excellent evidence of…
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds, UCL
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Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change, Royal Ontario Museum and Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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