Explaining the Anthropocene: Ian Angus on how human activity is transforming the entire planet

By Ian Angus | Socialist Review | May 6, 2016

Anthropocene is the proposed name for the present stage of Earth history: a time in which human activity is transforming the entire planet in unprecedented and dangerous ways. Scientists divide Earth’s 4.5 billion year history into time intervals that correspond to major changes in the conditions and forms of life on Earth.

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