Humans have remodeled the Earth so profoundly that in 2000, atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen and biologist Eugene Stoermer ...

Has the Holocene epoch of the past 11,700 years been supplanted by the proposed Anthropocene epoch of today? Although it's broadly accepted that planetary systems have changed as a result of human ...

Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.

The conference chairman kept referring to the Holocene, the epoch that began at the end of the last ice age, 11,500 years ago, and that—officially, at least—continues to this day.

Each variation reflects a major climatic change. For the last 11,500 years, Earth has been in the Holocene Epoch. It began at the end of the last ice age, when glaciers that had previously covered ...

While some have argued it should be an epoch akin to the Holocene, others have classified it as "an 'event,' like a mass extinction," the BBC said. Moreover, while the AWC pegged the mid-20th ...

Scientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those discussions, and I agree ...

the Anthropocene epoch comes just under 12,000 years after the previous epoch, the Holocene, indicating that the epochs are switching faster than they did previously. Humans are largely the cause ...

Throughout the Holocene epoch, paraglacial sediment supply to river basins has steadily declined 4. Global warming and continued ice retreat will temporarily increase paraglacial sediment supply ...

Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice ...

Researchers analyze ocean sediments to understand monsoon impact on water conditions, marine productivity, and ecosystem changes over millennia.