Jan Zalasiewicz

Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester

Apatite mine in Finland

What the Anthropocene’s critics overlook – and why it really should be a new geological epoch

Less than a century ago, processes that began during the Industrial Revolution swung into overdrive. That’s the Anthropocene as an epoch. It’s real, it’s already made geology, and it won’t go away.

March 18, 2024