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An early concept for the Anthropocene was the Noosphere by Vladimir Vernadsky, who in 1938 wrote of "scientific thought as a geological force". [17] Scientists in the Soviet Union appear to have used the term Anthropocene as early as the 1960s to refer to the Quaternary, the most recent geological period.
The Holocene extinction, also referred to as the Anthropocene extinction, [3] [4] is an ongoing extinction event caused by human activities during the Holocene epoch. This extinction event spans numerous families of plants [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and animals, including mammals , birds, reptiles, amphibians , fish, and invertebrates , impacting both ...
The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, [109] [110] is an ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch (with the more recent time sometimes called Anthropocene) as a result of human activity.
Called the Anthropocene — and derived from the Greek terms for “human” and “new” — this epoch started sometime between 1950 and 1954, according to the scientists. While there is ...
The dates for each age can vary by region. On the geologic time scale, the Holocene epoch starts at the end of the last glacial period of the current ice age (c. 10,000 BC) and continues to the present. The beginning of the Mesolithic is usually considered to correspond to the beginning of the Holocene epoch
Kolbert uses the extinction of graptolites and other clades to explain glaciation as a mechanism for extinction. She then explains how, when carbon dioxide levels in the air are high, there typically is an accompanying increase in temperatures and sea level. Right around the time graptolites became extinct, carbon dioxide levels dropped.
These images show how humans have scarred the earth in the name of 'progress'.
As Aretha Franklin and the Eurythmics once said, sisters are doin' it for themselves. A lot happened in the 80 minute season 1 finale of Dune: Prophecy. But a lot of this show and the movies in ...