The Anthropocene is here, whether geologists make it official or not

Grist
By Sam BlissOct 18, 2014, 7:00 am62 pts
Humans rule the world, for worse or for worse. This week, a 30-strong team of geologists, ecologists, and climate scientists from around the globe are meeting in Berlin to discuss whether we’ve entered into a new geologic “epoch of humans.” Their question, in Greek-inspired sciencese (scienglish?…

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