ERIK MARTIN WILLÈN
Author of science fiction
Thursday, October 6, 2016
The Geologic History of Earth
Note the timescales. We are currently in the Holocene, which has been warm and moist and a great time to grow human civilization. But the activity of civilization is now pushing the planet into a new epoch which scientists call the Anthropocene.
Interesting reading via NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/10/01/495437158/climate-change-and-the-astrobiology-of-the-anthropocene
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