Anthropocene now

• Autores: Owen Gaffney
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3122, 2017, pág. 24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • umanity is a prime driver of change in the Earth system. Industrialized societies alter it on a scale akin to an asteroid impact. This is how the Anthropocene is often described--the proposed new geological period resulting from humans' impact on Earth. Gaffney draws up an Anthropocene equation by homing in on the rate of change of Earth's life support systems: the atmosphere, oceans, forests and wetlands, waterways and ice sheets, and diversity of life