Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

J Syvitski, CN Waters, J Day, JD Milliman… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Growth in fundamental drivers—energy use, economic productivity and population—can
provide quantitative indications of the proposed boundary between the Holocene Epoch and …

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

CN Waters, J Zalasiewicz, C Summerhayes… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Humans are altering the planet, including long-term global geologic
processes, at an increasing rate. Any formal recognition of an Anthropocene epoch in the …

Candidate sites and other reference sections for the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point of the Anthropocene series

CN Waters, SD Turner, J Zalasiewicz… - The Anthropocene …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We review and compare proposals for 12 reference sections submitted to the Anthropocene
Working Group of the International Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, of which …

The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

J Zalasiewicz, CN Waters, CP Summerhayes, AP Wolfe… - Anthropocene, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Since 2009, the Working Group on the 'Anthropocene'(or, commonly, AWG for
Anthropocene Working Group), has been critically analysing the case for formalization of this …

Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years

DJR Thornalley, DW Oppo, P Ortega, JI Robson… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that
has an essential role in Earth's climate, redistributing heat and influencing the carbon cycle …

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

J Zalasiewicz, CN Waters, JAI Do Sul, PL Corcoran… - Anthropocene, 2016 - Elsevier
The rise of plastics since the mid-20th century, both as a material element of modern life and
as a growing environmental pollutant, has been widely described. Their distribution in both …

Scale and diversity of the physical technosphere: A geological perspective

J Zalasiewicz, M Williams, CN Waters… - The Anthropocene …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We assess the scale and extent of the physical technosphere, defined here as the summed
material output of the contemporary human enterprise. It includes active urban, agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Epochs, events and episodes: Marking the geological impact of humans

CN Waters, M Williams, J Zalasiewicz, SD Turner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Event stratigraphy is used to help characterise the Anthropocene as a chronostratigraphic
concept, based on analogous deep-time events, for which we provide a novel …

The Great Acceleration is real and provides a quantitative basis for the proposed Anthropocene Series/Epoch

MJ Head, W Steffen, D Fagerlind, CN Waters… - Episodes Journal of …, 2021 - hal.science
The Anthropocene was conceptualized in 2000 to reflect the extensive impact of human
activities on our planet, and subsequent detailed analyses have revealed a substantial Earth …

[CARTE][B] The anthropocene: A multidisciplinary approach

JA Thomas, M Williams, J Zalasiewicz - 2020 - books.google.com
Humans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th
century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and …