Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

Author(s)
Jaia Syvitski, Colin N. Waters, John Day, John D. Milliman, Colin Summerhayes, Will Steffen, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alejandro Cearreta, Agnieszka Galuszka, Irka Hajdas, Martin J. Head, Reinhold Leinfelder, J. R. McNeill, Clement Poirier, Neil L. Rose, William Shotyk, Michael Wagreich, Mark Williams
Organisation(s)
Department of Geology
External organisation(s)
University of Colorado, Boulder, Louisiana State University, Alexandria, College of William & Mary, University of Cambridge, Australian National University, University of the Basque Country, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Brock University, Freie Universität Berlin (FU), M. Tuttle & Associates, Georgetown, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of London, University of Lethbridge, University of Leicester
Journal
Communications Earth & Environment
Volume
1
No. of pages
13
ISSN
2662-4435
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00029-y
Publication date
10-2020
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105205 Climate change, 105112 Historical geology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Environmental Science, General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 13 - Climate Action
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/7e84c8d1-29fb-4364-8eae-4473fde16bf9