Mark Maslin, “Embracing the Anthropocene: Managing Human Impact” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Anthroposine Debate
Scientists are now talking about wein the anthroposine. Influences with humans are so large that perhaps we can be perceived as a geological super power. When did we start a new geological period, or it would be called an epoch? And that debate is really interesting, because it brings together all the natural tems, all our impacts and then you put the sociological sort of dimensions on top of it to see what hang on. So i try to be er even handed with theanthroposine debate, unlike some of my colleagues.
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