A panel of scientists rejected the term “Anthropocene” to describe a period in which humans have profoundly impacted the environment — but others keep using it.
Well, there’s also the point that the holocene just started 11,700 years ago. That’s basically yesterday, in geology terms. We can be the dominant occurence of the holocene. We don’t need to give it a new name, just because we’ve now entered industrialization and whatnot.
Well, there’s also the point that the holocene just started 11,700 years ago. That’s basically yesterday, in geology terms. We can be the dominant occurence of the holocene. We don’t need to give it a new name, just because we’ve now entered industrialization and whatnot.