Defining the Anthropocene
@article{Lewis2015DefiningTA, title={Defining the Anthropocene}, author={S. Lewis and M. Maslin}, journal={Nature}, year={2015}, volume={519}, pages={171-180} }
Time is divided by geologists according to marked shifts in Earth’s state. Recent global environmental changes suggest that Earth may have entered a new human-dominated geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Here we review the historical genesis of the idea and assess anthropogenic signatures in the geological record against the formal requirements for the recognition of a new epoch. The evidence suggests that of the various proposed dates two do appear to conform to the criteria to mark the… CONTINUE READING
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