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Anthropocene
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Anthropocene: Human-Made Materials Now Weigh As Much As All Living Biomass, Say Scientists
Our deficiencies have always driven us, even among our distant ancestors, back in the last Ice Age. Having…
Surveying Archaeologists Across The Globe Reveals Deeper And More Widespread Roots Of The Human Age, The Anthropocene
Examples of how human societies are changing the planet abound – from building roads and houses, clearing forests…
Forget The Anthropocene: We’ve Entered The Synthetic Age
One fact about our time is becoming increasingly well-known. No matter how far you travel, no matter in…
Humanity Has Managed To Change Places We’ve Barely Even Visited
From the Mariana Trench to the Moon, we don’t have to be in a place very much to…
The Great Challenge Of The 21st Century Is Learning To Consume Less. This Is How We Can Do It.
Ecological collapse is hard to miss in the headlines. From deforestation to soil depletion, species extinction to climate…
To Boldly Go Toward New Frontiers, We First Need To Learn From Our Colonial Past
How should we understand the idea of the frontier in the contemporary world, with spacecraft sailing beyond the solar…
When Humans Started To Rule The Planet
A new study argues it happened all the way back when we invented farming. Signs of human impact…