Posts Tagged ‘technofossils’

Introducing the terrifying mathematics of the Anthropocene

By Owen Gaffney and Will Steffen | The Conversation Here are some surprising facts about humans’ effect on planet Earth. We have made enough concrete to create an exact replica of Earth 2mm thick. We have produced enough plastic to wrap Earth in clingfilm. We are creating “technofossils”, a new term for congealed human-made materials – plastics…

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Technofossil Beach

Technofossil beach, Fort Bragg, California pic.twitter.com/MnlffdUnxP — Anthropocene Project (@anthropocene) April 2, 2016

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What Future Humans Will Learn From Our Remains

By Yasmin Tayag | Inverse | February 3, 2016 Millions of years from now, a future geologist will be digging deep into the Earth, seeking the truth about his notorious sapiens heritage. Excavating far beneath the year 100,000, scraping past 10,000, he’ll hit on 2016 and think: What the actual fuck happened here? A recent paper written by researchers with…

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Humans Leave a Telltale Residue on Earth

By David Biello | Scientific American | January 7, 2016 Evidence for a new geologic epoch continues to accumulate, like layers of sediment that over time harden into strata. Although those who study the branch of geology known as stratigraphy—the study of those strata and their resolution into Earth’s vast geologic time scale—will continue to debate the idea of…

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