208 new rocks back case for Anthropocene

• Autores: Chelsea Whyte
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3115, 2017, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The evidence that humans are changing the planet is solid as rock. A new catalogue of minerals counts 208 that result solely or primarily from human activity, says Robert Hazen of the Carnegie Institution for Science in the US, who led the study. This is almost four percent of the 5200 minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association. It bolsters arguments for designating a new geological period--the Anthropocene--characterised by human impact