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Surprise decision not to define the Anthropocene shocks scientists [1]
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Date: 2024-03
A proposal to define the Anthropocene, a geologic epoch defined by human activity, has been rejected – surprising even scientists who consulted the voting group
Has Earth entered a new geologic epoch? Perhaps not Shutterstock/Dima Zel
Efforts to put the Anthropocene on the geological timescale have fallen at the first hurdle, shocking members of the consulting scientific body who only learned of the official decision when it was publicised. The deciding group of academics voted down the proposal 12 to 4, declining to define a new epoch based on the planetary changes brought about by humans.
Earth’s current epoch is the Holocene, which began about 11,700 years ago and is marked by a time of progress and prosperity…
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420732-surprise-decision-not-to-define-the-anthropocene-shocks-scientists/
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