First atomic bomb test may mark the beginning of the Anthropocene
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 09:50
in Earth & Climate
Human beings don't merely inhabit the world. They alter it, on an increasingly epic scale. It is said that we now live in a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which geology and climate are controlled as much by human activity as anything else. How should we mark the beginning of this new stage in the life of our Earth?