We’ve created 208 new minerals: Time for a new, human-influenced Anthropocene epoch?

By Nicole Mortillaro | CBC News Humans have created 208 new minerals, bolstering the argument that the planet has entered a new epoch in its geological history, a study being published today finds. In the study, published in American Mineralogist, the researchers explain that the influx of minerals is the largest since the increase of oxygen in … Continue reading We’ve created 208 new minerals: Time for a new, human-influenced Anthropocene epoch?