Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...

But using such geologic clues to date the Anthropocene era runs into a problem: agriculture began at different times around the globe. Some areas, such as certain pockets in Africa, may not have ...

Geological units get shorter as they approach the modern era, he told me, because scholars have more information about recent events. “As you get to the present, you have better resolution ...

Geologists are grappling with how to define the boundaries of that human-centered geologic era, referred to as the Anthropocene. IE 11 is not supported.

Human Impact on Climate Effected a Whole New Geologic Era. Published Aug 31, 2016 at 9:23 AM EDT Updated Sep 05, 2016 at 10:16 AM EDT.

Though they belong to different geologic eras, Becker drew a link between the chalky face of Claiborne Bluff and the White Cliffs of Dover, which the English geologist was well familiar with.

With climate change, concrete deserts and agriculture, human beings have fundamentally altered the face of the Earth. But have we really ushered in a new geological era, the so-called Anthropocene?

But using such geologic clues to date the Anthropocene era runs into a problem: agriculture began at different times around the globe. Some areas, such as certain pockets in Africa, may not have ...

But using such geologic clues to date the Anthropocene era runs into a problem: agriculture began at different times around the globe. Some areas, such as certain pockets in Africa, may not have ...

But using such geologic clues to date the Anthropocene era runs into a problem: agriculture began at different times around the globe. Some areas, such as certain pockets in Africa, may not have ...