This sobering Canadian eco-documentary hypothesizes that the world has entered a new era in the geological time scale: the Anthropocene epoch. It’s the age in which human activity, for the first time, ...

When people talk about the “Anthropocene,” they typically picture the vast impact human societies are having on the planet, from rapid declines in biodiversity to increases in Earth’s temperature by ...

In March 2024, then-Cal sophomore Elon Butler smashed six RBI on two home runs and a sacrifice fly to lead the Bears to an 11-5 win against Oregon... The first game of the Oregon Classic on Friday ...

Since “Anthropocene” was coined in 2000, it has increasingly defined our times as an age of human-caused planetary transformation. On March 4, 2024, the commission responsible for recognizing time ...

On a cosmological timescale, humanity’s existence is a mere blip. Yet, in our short lifetime, we have done outsized damage to Earth, so much so that some believe we need to invent a new geological ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The guardians of the world’s official geological timescale have firmly rejected a ...

Humanity has been leaving footprints on the Moon for less than a century, yet a growing group of researchers now argues that those traces mark the start of a new chapter in lunar history. They say ...

A Factoryscape in the Potteries', (1938). Smoke from chimneys in the industrial area known as the Staffordshire Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent. Due to the local availability of clay and coal, North ...

Erle C. Ellis is a former member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy. He is a member of the American Association of Geographers. On March 4, 2024, the ...