Geology and the Anthropocene

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ID3314718
AutoresJ Zalasiewicz (0000-0002-3220-4855, University of Leicester), Colin N Waters (0000-0001-6113-8730, British Geological Survey)
Ano2016
Volume90
Fascículo350
Páginas512-514
Data de publicação2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditoraAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2016.42
OpenAlexW2320259674
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6

It is useful to have Todd Braje's perspective on the Anthropocene. As he states, it is a concept that has spread widely and that has had various interpretations (within not just the sciences, but the arts and humanities too) in the 15 years since Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer proposed the term (Crutzen & Stoermer 2000). Various suggestions are made in Braje's paper: perhaps foremost is that the Anthropocene should be retained as a loosely defined term to focus on the nature and effect of human activities, to be a 'rallying cry' for better planetary stewardship. He suggests, indeed, that precise characterisation and formalisation as a stratigraphic unit may hinder such use, causing (for instance) all humans-rather than specific socio-economic groups-to be held equally responsible for the degradation of planetary systems

Anthropocene · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Stewardship (theology) · Term (time) · The arts · Computer Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · History · Marine and environmental studies · Philosophy