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This Handbook explains the complexity of the concept of the Anthropocene, scientific and a political concept and also an ideological concept.
Plutonium spike in Canadian lake sediments marks dawn of new epoch in which humanity dominates planet
Presently, there is a scientific debate about which epoch we are in. The discussion centers around the Holocene vs Anthropocene question.
The Anthropocene defines Earth's most recent geologic time period as being human-influenced, or anthropogenic, based on overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other earth system processes are now altered by humans. The word combines the root "anthropo", meaning "human" with the root "-cene", the standard suffix for "epoch" in geologic time. The Anthropocene is distinguished as a new period either after or within the Holocene, the current epoch, which began approximately 10,000 years ago (about 8000 BC) with the end of the last glacial period.
Humanity is now a ‘geological superpower’ and declaring a new epoch is critical to tackling its impact, scientists say
