Dot Earth Blog: Researchers Propose Earth’s ‘Anthropocene’ Age of Humans Began With Fallout and Plastics

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 11:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A research team assessing whether and when a new geological age shaped by humans began has settled on the mid 20th century, with plastics and nuclear bombs as markers.

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