The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch—but the idea is still changing how we see the world

September 9, 2026 · 5:20 pm 1 sources

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• The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch—but the idea is still changing how we see the world
  Phys.org · September 9, 2026 17:20
  The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled Earth out of the relatively stable climatic conditions of the Holocene epoch, during which human civilization…