Earth moves closer to new geological epoch as surface shows indelible impact of human activity
Scientists are a step closer to officially declaring a new geological time period that marks the start of humanity's irreversible impact on the planet.
Now an international team of experts has concluded that the Anthropocene is visible globally in the top sediment layer of the Earth's surface, starting in the 1950s. "You [also] have all these other markers reflecting the big changes to the planet that happened in the great acceleration - increasing consumption of fossil fuels, the greater use of nitrogen fertilisers, the sort of increased trade globally that's spreading species across the planet and homogenising the biota [plant and animal life] of the planet.
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