When people talk about the “Anthropocene,” they typically picture the vast impact human societies are having on the planet, from rapid declines in biodiversity to increases in Earth’s temperature by ...

The Anthropocene, for the uninitiated, is a proposed (albeit still informal) geological epoch, characterized by the global impact of human activity. But the question these days, at least among ...

A panel of scientists on Tuesday chose a small suburban lake in Ontario, Canada, as the symbolic starting point to a new geologic epoch called the anthropocene, an era dominated by indelible ...

Researchers believe that a new epoch may have begun on the Moon back in 1959, when humans first affected the surface. Dubbed the “Lunar Anthropocene,” the epoch has now seen over 100 spacecraft visit ...

While emerging from the geological and earth system sciences and frequently understood as a solely environmental matter, over the last decade the Anthropocene has become an important name for a much ...

Humanity has etched its way into Earth’s geology, atmosphere and biology with such strength and permanence that a special team of scientists figures we have shifted into a new geologic epoch, one of ...

Humans are now considered to be the greatest force impacting the geology of Earth. And as such the Athropocene—the age of humans—is the proposed term for our current geological time scale, marking the ...

The Earth has entered a new geological epoch defined by human impact, scientists say. Humanity’s influence on the Earth is so great, an entirely new geological epoch called the Anthropocene should be ...

In the relatively short time we've been walking the Earth, humans have left an undeniable impact on the planet. Now a scientific body has unanimously agreed that our actions have altered the Earth's ...

Kino Lorber has nabbed U.S. rights to the Canadian documentary 'Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,' narrated by Alicia Vikander. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The climate change film that explores ...