BACKGROUND Humans are altering the planet, including long-term global geologic
processes, at an increasing rate. Any formal recognition of an Anthropocene epoch in the …

The rise of plastics since the mid-20th century, both as a material element of modern life and
as a growing environmental pollutant, has been widely described. Their distribution in both …

The “Plantationocene” has gained traction in the environmental humanities as a way of
conceptualizing the current era otherwise nominated as the Anthropocene, Capitalocene, or …

Over the course of the last decade the concept of the Anthropocene has become widely
established within and beyond the geoscientific literature but its boundaries remain …

We review and compare proposals for 12 reference sections submitted to the Anthropocene
Working Group of the International Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, of which …

The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on
the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change …

Abstract Since 2009, the Working Group on the 'Anthropocene'(or, commonly, AWG for
Anthropocene Working Group), has been critically analysing the case for formalization of this …

Time is divided by geologists according to marked shifts in Earth's state. Recent global
environmental changes suggest that Earth may have entered a new human-dominated …

Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun—the
Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass …

Microplastics contaminate global oceans and are accumulating in sediments at levels
thought sufficient to leave a permanent layer in the fossil record. Despite this, the processes …