Has a New Epoch in Earth's History already begun?
Geologists from the University of Leicester in the UK propose that humans have altered the earth to a point that the Holocene epoch has ended and we have now entered a new epoch in earth's history called the Anthropocene epoch.
According to the ScienceDaily report, human impact has..........
--Transformed sediment erosion and deposition patterns worldwide.
--Caused major disturbances to the carbon cycle and climate change.
--Led to wholesale changes to the planet's animals and plants.
--Created ocean acidification
The scientific team analysed a 2002 proposal by Nobel Prize winning chemist Paul Crutzen in which he suggested that the earth had already started the Anthropocene era.
The researchers state: "Sufficient evidence has emerged of stratigraphically significant change (both elapsed and imminent) for recognition of the Anthropocene--currently a vivid yet informal metaphor of global environmental change--as a new geological epoch to be considered for formalization by international discussion."
Here is the link to the University of Leicester press release
