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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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Robert C. Koehler

Embracing Ecological Realism

Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams

Anthropocene: Human-Made Materials Now Weigh as Much as All Living Biomass, Say Scientists

Markie Miller, Crystal Jankowski

Rights of Nature Debate Reaches New Heights

Vandana Shiva

Bill Gates' Global Agenda and How We Can Resist His War on Life

Vandana Shiva

The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape: Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share

Meena Miriam Yust, Arshad M. Khan

Sea-Level Rise Could Sink the US Southeast: How to Fight It as Individuals

Alastair Gee, Dani Anguiano

We Created the Anthropocene, and the Anthropocene Is Biting Back

David A. Love

The Australia Fires Portend a Future of Climate Apartheid

Pete Salmansohn

What Barry Commoner's Four Principles of Ecology Has to Do With China's Coronavirus

Brian Larkin

Extinction Rebellion: A Flock of Starlings and a Plane Tree