A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch
Philip L. Gibbard, Andrew M. Bauer, Matt Edgeworth, William F Ruddiman, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Dorothy J. Merritts, Stanley C. Finney, Lucy E. Edwards, M. J. C. Walker, Mark Maslin, Erle C. Ellis
Abstract
Philip L. Gibbard, Andrew M. Bauer, Matthew Edgeworth, William F. Ruddiman, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Dorothy J. Merritts, Stanley C. Finney, Lucy E. Edwards, Michael J. C. Walker, Mark Maslin, Erle C. Ellis. Episodes 2022;45:349-57. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2021/021029
Topics & Concepts
Epoch (astronomy)AnthropoceneEvent (particle physics)HistoryArchaeologyPhilosophyEnvironmental ethicsAstronomyAstrophysicsPhysicsStarsIndigenous Studies and Ecology