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The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those...
Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRiver full of debris Getty Images/panaramka Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of...
Canadian lake sediments reveal start of Earth's Anthropocene age, scientists say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months ago(Reuters) -Sediment deposited at Crawford Lake, a small but deep body of water in Canada's Ontario province, provides unmistakable evidence that Earth entered a new human-driven geological chapter ...
Scientists say they’ve found a site that marks a new chapter in Earth’s history
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEditor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on...
The moon has entered a new epoch, scientists say
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSome scientists say the “Lunar Anthropocene” epoch started in 1959 when the first spacecraft sent by humanity landed on the moon. And it’s just the...
Defining the Anthropocene, Earth's new era
The Week via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA view of Crawford Lake SkyF / Getty Images Scientists have made the case that Earth has entered a new epoch known as the Anthropocene. Unlike previous...
Microplastics Found in Sediment Layers Untouched by Modern Humans
Futurism via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDirty Mess Microplastics! They are in everything! From our bodies to the ocean. And apparently they...
A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCrawford Lake in Ontario contains the record that best identifies the beginning of the Anthropocene,...
Terence Corcoran: Anthropocene goes to the Oscars
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoThe theory that Planet Earth is on a destructive trajectory brought on by unnatural human existence has been rattling around the environmentalist boot...
Why scientists think it's time to declare a new lunar epoch
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoApollo 16 lunar landing mission commander John W. Young leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes...