Category

Anthropocene

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human-caused changes to climate on Earth

ozone depletion

stratospheric phenomena of Earth

Anthropocene is a term that has been used to refer to the period of time during which humanity has become a planetary force of change. It appears in scientific and social discourse, especially with respect to accelerating geophysical and biochemical changes that characterize the 20th and 21st centuries on Earth. Originally a proposal for a new geological epoch following the Holocene, it was rejected as such in 2024 by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

plastic pollution

contamination of the natural environment with plastic products

Holocene extinction

massive extinction event during the current Holocene geological epoch

planetary-scale changes in the Earth system

Great Acceleration

recent surge in the exponentially increasing growth rate of progress and its impact upon the Earth's geology and its ecosystems

anthropogenic biome

The Anthropocene Extinction

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Early anthropocene

hypothesis proposing an early start to the anthropocene epoch