JOURNAL ARTICLE

A lake may mark a new geologic epoch.

  • Published In: Science News, 2023, v. 204, n. 2. P. 16 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: PRILLAMAN, MCKENZIE 3 of 3

Abstract

Scientists first started using the term Anthropocene in the early 2000s to refer to the ongoing time of humans altering the planet on a global scale. Out of 12 locations around the world, Crawford Lake in Milton, Canada, west of Toronto, has been selected as the site that would mark the official beginning of the Anthropocene, a proposed geologic epoch starting in the 1950s. News EARTH Scientists are one step closer to defining a new chapter in geology, one in which humans have become the dominant driver of Earth's climate and environment. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Science News. 2023/08, Vol. 204, Issue 2, p16
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Geology
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0036-8423
  • Accession Number:167347839
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