Peter Brannen has an interesting piece in the Atlantic, pointing out that the Anthropocene is more of a geological event rather than an epoch, at least so far. Humans are now living in a new geological epoch of our own making: the Anthropocene. Or so we’re told. Whereas some epochs in Earth history stretch more … Continue reading The Anthropocene is a conceit of human exceptionalism
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xkcd: Land Mammals
It's indeed true that sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. (Click through for full sized version.)via xkcd: Land Mammals.
Is Planet Earth Under New Management? : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
A hundred million years from now, when we're all dead and gone, a team of geologists will be digging in a field somewhere ...and they will discover, buried in the rocks below, a thin layer of sediment — very thin, about the width of a cigarette paper, says British stratigrapher Jan Zalasiewicz. That skinny strip, when … Continue reading Is Planet Earth Under New Management? : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
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