Great claims have been made about the benefits of dematerialization in a digital service
economy. However, digitalization has historically increased environmental impacts at local …

Growth in fundamental drivers—energy use, economic productivity and population—can
provide quantitative indications of the proposed boundary between the Holocene Epoch and …

This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are
transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for …

The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

The Anthropocene signifies the start of a no-analogue trajectory of the Earth system that is
fundamentally different from the Holocene. This new trajectory is characterized by rising …

The environmental crises currently grip** the Earth have been codified in a new proposed
geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This epoch, according to the Anthropocene Working …

In this urgent and “thrillingly written” book, there is a case and solution for humanity's last
shot at survival (Sunday Times). Humanity's future is at risk. We face existential …

The Politics of the Anthropocene is a sophisticated yet accessible treatment of how human
institutions, practices, and principles need to be re-thought in response to the challenges of …

We review and compare proposals for 12 reference sections submitted to the Anthropocene
Working Group of the International Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, of which …

Over the course of the last decade the concept of the Anthropocene has become widely
established within and beyond the geoscientific literature but its boundaries remain …