Could a potential Anthropocene mass extinction define a new geological period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4189101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen L Bacon (0000-0002-8944-5107, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Graeme T Swindles (0000-0001-8039-1790, University of Leeds) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 208-217 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/2053019616666867 |
| OpenAlex | W2520521120 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 80 |
A key aspect of the current debate about the Anthropocene focuses on defining a new geological epoch. Features of the Anthropocene include a biodiversity crisis with the potential to reach 'mass extinction' status alongside increasing global CO2 and temperature. Previous geological boundaries associated with mass extinctions, rises in atmospheric CO2 and rises in global temperature are more usually associated with transitions between geological periods. The current rapid increase in species extinctions suggest that a new mass extinction event is most likely imminent in the near-term future. Although CO2 levels are currently low in comparison with the rest of the Phanerozoic, they are rising rapidly along with global temperatures. This suggests that defining the Anthropocene as a new geological period, rather than a new epoch, may be more consistent with previous geological boundaries in the Phanerozoic
Anthropocene · Astronomy · Biodiversity · Cenozoic · Climate change · Earth science · Extinction event · Geologic record · Geologic time scale · Global change · Phanerozoic · Structural basin · Geological and Geochemical Analysis · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
Are we now living in the Anthropocene
Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere
Is the Anthropocene an issue of stratigraphy or pop culture?
Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
The “Anthropocene” epoch
Accelerated modern human–induced species losses
Accelerating extinction risk from climate change
The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection
The Future of Biodiversity
The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene
The Anthropocene Review
The Anthropocene
When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal
Getting the Anthropocene so wrong
The Anthropocene biosphere
Colonization of the Americas, 'Little Ice Age' climate, and bomb-produced carbon
The trajectory of the Anthropocene
Is there an isotopic signature of the Anthropocene
The Process of Fossilization
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |