PBS

Our new geological epoch is defined by human activity. This Canadian lake maps its start

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 is ...
Salon

Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...
SpaceNews

USGS and AASG Unveil A Geologic Time Scale and Color Scheme for Use in Creating Geologic Maps

Reston, VA – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) announced that they have developed an updated geologic time scale and color scheme for use in ...
Inverse

This Small Canadian Lake Could Signal The Beginning of a New Geological Epoch

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 – ...
The New York Times

The Human Age Has a New Symbol. It’s a Record of Bomb Tests and Fossil Fuels.

A scientific panel has picked Crawford Lake, Ontario, to represent the Anthropocene, a proposed, and hotly contested, new chapter in geologic time. By Raymond Zhong For almost 15 years, a panel of ...
The Nation

Keep Calm and Carry on With the Anthropocene

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 ...