Why the “Anthropocene” Is Not “Climate Change” and Why It Matters

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Marine litter. Anthropocene layer of plastic.

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Publication Info: AsiaGlobal Online

Date of Publication: January 10, 2019

Author(s): Julia Adeney Thomas

“Anthropocene” is a widely proposed name for the geological epoch that covers human impact on our planet. But it is not synonymous with “climate change,” nor can it covered by “environmental problems.” Bigger and more shocking, the Anthropocene encapsulates the evidence that human pressures became so profound around the middle of the 20th century that we blew a planetary gasket. Hello, new Earth System. Hello, Anthropocene.

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