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Anthropocene

Humans Less Than 1% of Life on Earth, But Have Destroyed Half of Its Plants, More Than 80% of All Mammals

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Humans Have Messed With Earth So Much, Scientists Say 'Anthropocene' Is Here

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Anthropocene Working Group honorary chair Colin Waters says "the geological reality of the Anthropocene is now clear." (Photo: NASA)

From climate change to invasive species to changes in the planets fundamental chemical cycles, the markers indicating profound change make clear Holocene is over.

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Anthropocene Math in the Age of Trump: Humans Are Running Out of Time to Save the Climate

Nika Knight, staff writer

Earth photographed from space

Industrialized societies are changing the climate 170 times faster than natural...

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Absent Radical System Change, World Faces Two-Thirds Wildlife Loss by 2020

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

'We are at a decisive moment in time when we can seize the solutions to steer...

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Humans Are Overfishing the Oceans Into 'Unprecedented' Mass Extinction

World is Warming at Rate 'Unprecedented' for 1,000 Years

The Anthropocene Is Here: Humanity Has Pushed Earth Into a New Epoch

Look What We've Done: Human-Made Epoch of Nightmares Is Here

Human Exploitation of Nature Has Driven Planetary Health to the Edge

That Was Easy: In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth

Stressed Ecosystems Leaving Humanity High and Dry

On the Brink: Planet Near Irreversible Point of Global Warming

Brief History, Destructive Impact: Geologists Debate 'Human Epoch'

Earth 'Entering New Age of Geological Time'

Is Water the New Oil?

Nobel Laureate Calls for Post-Kyoto Treaty

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Center for Biological Diversity

World Population Day Marks Global Population's March Toward 7 Billion...

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The Rights Of Nature

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Motivating Climate Action: A Review of Per Espen Stoknes "What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming."

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James Lovelock at 100

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Politics as Usual and Planetary Destruction

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Humanity Is About to Kill 1 Million Species in a Globe-Spanning Murder-Suicide

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