NEWSWEEK: The Anthropocene Era: Do We Now Live on a 'Human Planet'?

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Ten years ago a group of geologists assembled to consider a startling proposition: That human impacts on the Earth are so profound they are unintentionally tipping it over a geological threshold.

The proposition was first made back in 2000 by Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist, Paul Crutzen. He coined a neologism, ‘the Anthropocene’, because he believed that people (the Anthropos) were transforming the hydro-, cryo-, pedo-, bio- and atmosphere so much that the Holocene was ending. The Holocene is the inter-glacial epoch in which humans have flourished, starting about 11,700 years ago.

Period23 Apr 2019

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  • TitleThe Anthropocene Era: Do We Now Live on a 'Human Planet'?
    Media name/outletNewsweek
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date23/04/19
    DescriptionTen years ago a group of geologists assembled to consider a startling proposition: That human impacts on the Earth are so profound they are unintentionally tipping it over a geological threshold.

    The proposition was first made back in 2000 by Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist, Paul Crutzen. He coined a neologism, ‘the Anthropocene’, because he believed that people (the Anthropos) were transforming the hydro-, cryo-, pedo-, bio- and atmosphere so much that the Holocene was ending. The Holocene is the inter-glacial epoch in which humans have flourished, starting about 11,700 years ago.
    URLhttps://www.newsweek.com/anthropocene-era-age-humans-1403403
    PersonsNoel Castree
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Keywords

  • climate change
  • anthropocene
  • geography