The Anthropocene Epoch Is Here

[Supreme Lord Z]

The epoch is thought to have begun in the 1950s, when human activity, namely rapid industrialization and nuclear activity, set global systems on a different trajectory. And there's evidence in the geographic record. Indeed, scientists say that nuclear bomb testing, industrial agriculture, human-caused global warming and the proliferation of plastic across the globe have so profoundly altered the planet that it is time to declare the 11,700-year Holocene over.

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Changes to the Earth system that characterize the potential Anthropocene Epoch include marked acceleration to rates of erosion and sedimentation; large-scale chemical perturbations to the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and other elements; the inception of significant change to global climate and sea level; and biotic changes such as unprecedented levels of species invasions across the Earth. Many of these changes are geologically long-lasting and some are effectively irreversible.

These and related processes have left an array of signals in recent strata, including plastic, aluminium and concrete particles, artificial radionuclides, changes to carbon and nitrogen isotope patterns, fly ash particles, and a variety of fossilizable biological remains. Many of these signals will leave a permanent record in the Earth's strata.

http://www.ecowatch.com/anthropocene-1991220147.html

 

[Kooky Kats]

Charts Z. You're slacking.

 

[P.PattersonISwalkingthruthatdoor]

Statements by concurring organizations to the fact OP touches himself at night:

The National Science Academies of the following countries:

of Australia,
of Belgium,
of Brazil,
of Cameroon,
Royal Society of Canada,
of the Caribbean,
of China,
Institut de France,
of Ghana,
Leopoldina of Germany,
of Indonesia,
of Ireland,
Accademia nazionale delle scienze of Italy,
of India,
of Japan,
of Kenya,
of Madagascar,
of Malaysia,
of Mexico,
of Nigeria,
Royal Society of New Zealand,
Russian Academy of Sciences,
of Senegal,
of South Africa,
of Sudan,
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
of Tanzania,
of Turkey,
of Uganda,
The Royal Society of the United Kingdom,
of the United States,
of Zambia,
and of Zimbabwe.

Concurring statements issued by the following Scientific Institutions with National or International Standing:

European Academy of Sciences and Arts
International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences
Network of African Science Academies
Royal Society of New Zealand
Polish Academy of Sciences
National Research Council (US)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Meteorological Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Physics
Australian Institute of Physics
European Physical Society
Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
American Geophysical Union European Federation of Geologists
European Geosciences Union
Geological Society of America
Geological Society of London
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
American Meteorological Society
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
World Meteorological Organization
American Quaternary AssociationThe American Quaternary Association International Union for Quaternary Research
American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Society for Microbiology
Australian Coral Reef Society
Institute of Biology (UK)
Society of American Foresters
The Wildlife Society (international)
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Medical Association
American Public Health Association
World Federation of Public Health Associations
World Health Organization
American Astronomical Society
American Statistical Association
Engineers Australia (The Institution of Engineers Australia)
International Association for Great Lakes Research
Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand

Dissenting Opinions from Scientific Institutions with National or International standing:

None.

 

[Get Buckets]

Statements by concurring organizations to the fact OP touches himself at night:

The National Science Academies of the following countries:

of Australia,
of Belgium,
of Brazil,
of Cameroon,
Royal Society of Canada,
of the Caribbean,
of China,
Institut de France,
of Ghana,
Leopoldina of Germany,
of Indonesia,
of Ireland,
Accademia nazionale delle scienze of Italy,
of India,
of Japan,
of Kenya,
of Madagascar,
of Malaysia,
of Mexico,
of Nigeria,
Royal Society of New Zealand,
Russian Academy of Sciences,
of Senegal,
of South Africa,
of Sudan,
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
of Tanzania,
of Turkey,
of Uganda,
The Royal Society of the United Kingdom,
of the United States,
of Zambia,
and of Zimbabwe.

Concurring statements issued by the following Scientific Institutions with National or International Standing:

European Academy of Sciences and Arts
International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences
Network of African Science Academies
Royal Society of New Zealand
Polish Academy of Sciences
National Research Council (US)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Meteorological Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Physics
Australian Institute of Physics
European Physical Society
Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
American Geophysical Union European Federation of Geologists
European Geosciences Union
Geological Society of America
Geological Society of London
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
American Meteorological Society
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
World Meteorological Organization
American Quaternary AssociationThe American Quaternary Association International Union for Quaternary Research
American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Society for Microbiology
Australian Coral Reef Society
Institute of Biology (UK)
Society of American Foresters
The Wildlife Society (international)
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Medical Association
American Public Health Association
World Federation of Public Health Associations
World Health Organization
American Astronomical Society
American Statistical Association
Engineers Australia (The Institution of Engineers Australia)
International Association for Great Lakes Research
Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand

Dissenting Opinions from Scientific Institutions with National or International standing:

None.

Lock it up.

 

[Cattoyz]

Man made "climate change" is a myth.

 

[Ahnan E. Muss]

Man made "climate change" is a myth.

Also an opiate for the masses. You forgot that part.

 

[starchief]

I don't care if Z is an Anthropocene. He'll get no trouble from me.

 

[thabigbluenation]

how Z pictures himself when typing this

 

[80 Proof]

Man made "climate change" is a myth.

Pollution isn't though.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

The Holocene was hardest on women, minorities and transgenders. It was time to move on.

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

Well just hopefully the US government will win the war to claim all atmosphere over the globe as their territory so they can fix it.

Otherwise, since we all currently share the same one..I don't think China and India give a ish.

 

[Cattoyz]

"Hello, I'm from the government. I know what is best for you. You are in dire trouble and I can help, for a price."

 

[starchief]

how Z pictures himself when typing this

and this. "Tee hee ... got those rubes again."

 

[DSmith21]

Underground nuclear testing, global warming, industrialization, etc. will only lead to one thing. We are all F'ed now.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

Eat ****, Holocene. Ya played-out *****.

 

[Nuke99m.]

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

Eat ****, Holocene. Ya played-out *****.

It was like watching Jordan with the Wizards. Painful at times.

 

[We-Todd-Did]

I was thinking of starting a thread to ask if anyone here had tried Anthropocene. I'm leary of the commercials for it but it would be great if it actually helped me lose belly fat and not water weight.

 

[IdaCat]

Yet another good reason to legalize marijuana.