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Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

Authors :
Jaia Syvitski
Colin N. Waters
John Day
John D. Milliman
Colin Summerhayes
Will Steffen
Jan Zalasiewicz
Alejandro Cearreta
Agnieszka Gałuszka
Irka Hajdas
Martin J. Head
Reinhold Leinfelder
J. R. McNeill
Clément Poirier
Neil L. Rose
William Shotyk
Michael Wagreich
Mark Williams
Source :
Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Human energy consumption and productivity have steeply risen around 1950 CE, leading to a departure from the Earth’s Holocene state into the Anthropocene, suggests a quantitative analysis of humanity’s influence on the Earth system.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26624435
Volume :
1
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Earth & Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.94cb83e48d2949b0b6e808b1181ec7a4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00029-y