Anthropocene

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8-8-18
  

  Anthropocene vs Meghalayan: why geologists are fighting over whether humans are a force of nature

  by Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis

  Defining – or not defining – when humanity became a significant geological influence is highly political, and crucial in an age of ever-increasing environmental change and degradation.

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• 8-27-17
  

  We’ve Come to Think of the Anthropocene as Bad

  by Jan Kunnas

  But we can make a good Anthropocene as well.

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• SOURCE: New Historian
  3-27-17
  

  Case For the Anthropocene? Megafauna, Ice Ages and Man-Made Deserts

  Whether one believes we live in the Anthropocene or not, mankind has undoubtedly left a dramatic mark on the delicate ecosystems and environment of the planet.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  8-29-16
  

  The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age

  Experts say human impact on Earth so profound that Holocene must give way to epoch defined by nuclear tests, plastic pollution and domesticated chicken

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• 8-14-16
  

  How Should Historians Write about the Anthropocene -- And Why Is It Important?

  by Frank Palmeri

  If we have the imagination to borrow an approach from 250 years ago, we might be better able to understand climate change.

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• SOURCE: IEEE Spectrum
  11-2-15 (accessed)
  

  It's Too Soon to Call This the Anthropocene

  by Vaclav Smil

  "Next year the International Geological Congress will consider recognizing this name as the latest addition to the standard geological time scales. My reaction, echoing the Romans: Festina lente. Make haste slowly."

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3-12-15
  

  The Anthropocene began with species exchange between Old and New Worlds

  by Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin

  Human activity has clearly altered the land surface, oceans and atmosphere, and re-ordered life on Earth.

• 8-3-09
  

  History Offers Hope that We Can Reduce the Risk of Global Warming

  by Jan Kunnas

  While still writing on my doctoral thesis, I received as a comment on an early version from a professor in my university, “that few people today believe in history as the vita magistra.” At first this statement shocked me, but later on it turned into a great inspiration for further thought. The first question arising was, that if we do not believe that we can learn from history, then what is the justification of the whole academic discipline history. If it is just for our own fun, is