The Anthropocene Is Here: Humanity Has Pushed Earth Into a New Epoch
The Anthropocene Epoch has begun, according to a group of experts assembled at the International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africa this week.
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The Birth of the Anthropocene: Review
Jeremy Davies is a fine writer who explains scientific concepts clearly and concisely. I don’t agree with everything he says, but I heartily recommend his new book to everyone who wants to understand the deep roots of today’s global crisis.
Planetary Boundaries—Governing Emerging Risks and Opportunities
The climate, ecosystems and species, ozone layer, acidity of the oceans, the flow of energy and elements through nature, landscape change, freshwater systems, aerosols, and toxins—these constitute the planetary boundaries within which humanity must find a safe way to live and prosper.
Explaining the Anthropocene
“We don’t know how long we have before climate change goes from dangerous to extremely dangerous, but we know that continuing with business as usual makes such a shift increasingly likely.”
Going Beyond the “Ecological Turn”
Talk about the Anthropocene often has a tendency to rely on apolitical and colonialist assumptions. But the turn to ecology in the humanities will require acknowledging—and, more importantly, supporting—those peoples who have never turned their back on ‘ecology’ in the first place.
Anthropocene Working Group: Yes, a New Epoch has Begun
Is the Holocene now over? Has human activity changed the Earth System so much that a new epoch has begun? Are we now in the Anthropocene?
Towards Cultures of Aliveness: Politics and Poetics in a Postdualistic Age, an Anthropocene Manifesto
Enlightenment thinking is coming to an end. The "Anthropocene" claims to step beyond the dualism of man–nature opposition.
Living in the Anthropocene – a Frame for New Activism
We have emerged from the geological epoch of the Holocene into a new epoch designated as the Anthropocene.
Will Climate Chaos Reign in the Anthropocene?
“Far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges.”