Category
page 1Anthropocene
climate change
human-caused changes to climate on Earth
ozone depletion
stratospheric phenomena of Earth
anthropocene
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
global change
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
type of biome
The Anthropocene Extinction
album by Cattle Decapitation
Early anthropocene
hypothesis proposing an early start to the anthropocene epoch