..“a vivid expression of the degree of environmental change on planet Earth.”
It means that human activity has left a “stratigraphic signal” detectable thousands of years from now in ice cores and sedimentary rocks.
We are the only species to have defined a geological period by our activity — something usually performed by major glaciations, mass extinction and the colossal impact of objects from outer space, like the one that defines the upper boundary of the Cretaceous.
Humans were inevitably going to be part of the fossil record. But the true meaning of the Anthropocene is that we have affected nearly every aspect of our environment — from a warming atmosphere to the bottom of an acidifying ocean.
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Nearly 20 years after this young girl's plea... has anyone in power listened, or cared enough to make the differences in the world she asked for on behalf of herself and future generations...
...those in power continue on today still acting as if we can go on forever...
The Anthropocene - NYTimes.com
