Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin? These are questions that the Anthropocene Working Group – ...

Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin? These are questions that the Anthropocene Working Group – ...

Geologists may have voted down formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, but we still need to act to prevent ecological crisis. A view of the glaciers as polar bears, one of the ...

This news release is available in Spanish. The Anthropocene, which is regarded as having begun halfway through the 20th century, is marked by the expansion of new materials, such as aluminium, cement, ...

Geologists have selected a lake in Canada as the best site to mark the start of a new epoch dominated by humanity’s influence on Earth, known as the Anthropocene. The announcement marks a big ...

There's a new name for this period of warming, Anthropocene. CATHY WURZER: With last week's heat, the impact of humans on global climate was a hot topic of conversation, no pun intended. There's a new ...

Part one: a no-analog state. A second Copernican revolution ; The great acceleration ; When did the anthropocene begin? ; Tipping points, climate chaos, and planetary boundaries ; The first ...

From threatened coral reefs and oxygen-starved seas to the industrial wastes around our cities and the subway systems beneath them, humans have clearly left their mark on the planet – and now a team ...

For most of human existence, things didn't change much within a single lifetime. If you lived a thousand years ago, the tools you used were probably the same ones as your great grandparents. And other ...

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos just wrapped up last month. Speeches were delivered, promises were made, and yet, the world is burning: fires in the Australian desert, embers ...