Earth moves closer to Anthropocene epoch as surface shows indelible impact of human activity

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Scientists are a step closer to officially declaring a new geological time period that marks the start of humanity's irreversible impact on the planet.

 

How to define the start of the Anthropocene epoch, which would need to be visible in layers of rock in millions of years' time, has proved controversial.

 

Although humans began to have big impacts on the planet with the rise of widespread farming, and later the industrial revolution, neither happened in every part of the world at the same time.

 

Now an international team of experts has concluded that the Anthropocene is visible globally in the top sediment layer of the Earth's surface, starting in the 1950s.

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

Let's be honest and say it like it is

IMO mankind has, is and will continue to destroy the environment with overpopulation, excessively exploiting natural resources, and pollution of the air, sea and land to the point that all that remains of the human race may be some fossils in the far distant future.