Canadian lake could mark the start of new geological epoch
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The Anthropocene and the Future of Earth
All geological ages will come to an end one way or another, whether that's just followed up by an exploding sun at the end of time. What's happened is we're going to start a new epoch, which is called the Anthropocene. The very first part of that will be called the Cropfordian age after the lake. Is there any hope that we can turn the tide and eventually usher in a cleaner, greener epoch? Well, that's a big question. We have to hope so.
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