Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

Geologists have identified a site in Canada that they say could mark a new epoch called the Anthropocene. But not everyone agrees.

From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists ...

According to an account by meeting organizer and chemist Will Steffen – amid a series of presentations describing various significant and geologically recent changes in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and ...

Scientists have made the case that Earth has entered a new epoch known as the Anthropocene. Unlike previous epochs, dating Earth's 4.6 billion-year history, which came about through natural ...

From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the 1950s, that a special team of scientists says a new geologic … ...

Humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that scientists says a new geologic epoch began then.

Humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. Called the Anthropocene ...

Trees surround Crawford Lake in Milton, Ontario., on Monday, July 10, 2023. A team of scientists is recommending the start of a new geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted the Earth ...