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anthropocene
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Breathing two‑billion‑year old air: MONA’s Hard Core is an artistic journey through deep time
The structure of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is cut directly into Hobart’s Berriedale Peninsula…
129,000 years of crocodiles: what we know about Australasia’s ancient apex predators
Jorgo Ristevski, The University of Queensland; Julien Louys, Griffith University, and Nicole Boivin, The University of Queensland The…
What the Anthropocene’s critics overlook – and why it really should be a new geological epoch
Simon Turner, UCL; Colin Waters, University of Leicester; Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, and Martin J. Head, Brock…
The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
Human influence on the climate started even before the Industrial Revolution. Print Collector/Getty Images Erle C. Ellis, University…
A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch
Canada’s Crawford Lake, in Ontario, was chosen for its pristine sediment record. SF photo/Shutterstock Alejandro Cearreta, Universidad del…