The word Anthropocene comes from the Greek terms for human ('anthropo') and new ('cene ... Humans have been around for such a short period relative to Earth's history that it may be too soon to tell ...

DEFINITION: A new geological Age, defined by the impact of human activity. There has been much debate as to whether we have entered such an era already, moving on from the Holocene, due to our ...

The term "Anthropocene," coined in the 1980s by biologist Eugene Stormer, refers to our current geological epoch: a period singularly defined by the dominant influence of human activity on climate ...

The AWC's proposed Anthropocene timeline is "no more than ... resubmitting their proposal thanks to a "mandatory cooling-off period" instituted by the ICS "given how furious debates can turn ...

Gov't, banks to spend $338B by 2030 on slashing carbon emissions A rush to the short-lived Anthropocene?

These changes are increasingly interpreted as signs that we have entered a new geological era: the Anthropocene. Accelerated rates of change in our highly technological and knowledge-driven ...

“The climate crisis has been the major challenge in the Anthropocene era and climate crisis respects no border. With one fourth of the world population in South Asia, we as neighbours should closely ...

Yesterday's "Ask An Expert" feature on Scientific American dealt with the question of carbon dioxide – a lot of which comes out of our tailpipes – and its connection to global warming.

The Anthropocene, by contrast ... at the end of the Cretaceous period; it eliminated not just the dinosaurs, but also the plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, and ammonites. The scale of what’s happening ...

Astronauts have left behind everything from their footprints, golf balls and flags Scientists say disturbances should be classified as a 'lunar anthropocene' A new era should be declared on the ...