To be clear, this vote has no bearing on the overwhelming evidence that human societies are indeed transforming this planet. As an ecologist who studies global change, I served on the Anthropocene ...

However, not everyone agrees the Anthropocene is a geological reality — or that researchers have enough evidence to formally declare it a new epoch. Dividing up deep time ...

To be clear, this vote has no bearing on the overwhelming evidence that human societies are indeed transforming this planet. As an ecologist who studies global change, I served on the Anthropocene ...

A group of scientists is now declaring key evidence supporting the existence of a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene. This epoch, which marks a distinct phase in Earth's 4.5 billion ...

Anthropocene evidence is a 'wake-up call' "This should be a wake-up call for politicians," said Jürgen Renn, director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.

Scientists say that they have pinpointed evidence of the dawn of the Anthropocene – a new geological epoch caused by humanity’s irreversible impact on Earth.. This so-called “Golden Spike ...

The group found “overwhelming evidence that there was a fundamental change in how the planet works around that time,” said Francine McCarthy, an Earth scientist at Brock University in Ontario ...

What Is The Anthropocene Epoch—And Why Do Scientists Think A ... The sediment in Crawford Lake—a secluded lake just over 30 miles outside Toronto—was filled with evidence of humans ...

Geologists could soon decide which spot on Earth marks the first clear evidence of the Anthropocene — which many of them think is a new geological epoch that began when humans started altering ...

The Anthropocene as an epoch. The rationale for proposing to define an Anthropocene Epoch starting around 1950 came from overwhelming evidence that many of the most consequential changes of the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) On March 4, 2024, the commission responsible for recognizing time units within our ...