The Anthropocene equation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4189049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Owen Gaffney (0000-0001-6244-991X, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Will Steffen (0000-0003-1163-6736, Australian National University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-61 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Anthropocene Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2053-0196 • E-ISSN: 2053-020X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2053019616688022 |
| OpenAlex | W2586057284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 50 |
The dominant external forces influencing the rate of change of the Earth System have been astronomical and geophysical during the planet's 4.5-billion-year existence. In the last six decades, anthropogenic forcings have driven exceptionally rapid rates of change in the Earth System. This new regime can be represented by an 'Anthropocene equation', where other forcings tend to zero, and the rate of change under human influence can be estimated. Reducing the risk of leaving the glacial-interglacial limit cycle of the late Quaternary for an uncertain future will require, in the first instance, the rate of change of the Earth System to become approximately zero
Anthropocene · Climate change · Climatology · Earth science · Earth system science · Geography · Glacial period · Interglacial · Physical geography · Quaternary · Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 43 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |