But that label is outdated, some experts say. They argue for “Anthropocene”—from anthropo, for “man,” and cene, for “new”—because human-kind has caused mass extinctions of plant ...

That, Zalasiewicz says, is what we are in the process of determining. The word “Anthropocene” was coined by Dutch chemist Paul Crutzen about a decade ago. One day Crutzen, who shared a Nobel ...

We are living in a time many people refer to as the Anthropocene. Humans have become the single most influential species on the planet, causing significant global warming and other changes to land, ...

The Anthropocene thus echoes contemporary anxieties about climate ... Students will be expected to engage with a variety of resources, including online publications, blogs, documentary and feature ...

Scientists have made the case that Earth has entered a new epoch known as the Anthropocene. Unlike previous epochs, dating Earth's 4.6 billion-year history, which came about through natural ...

The Anthropocene thus echoes contemporary anxieties about climate ... Students will be expected to engage with a variety of resources, including online publications, blogs, documentary and feature ...