Anthropocene deserves official recognition, some experts argue

Fountain: Agu advances

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Humans have remodeled the earth so intent that in 2000 the atmospheric chemical Paul Crutzen and the biologist Eugene Stoermer bird that the Holocene era had arrived its end and that the “anthropocene”, or the human era, had begun. But despite the extension of humans induced, last year the International Union of Geological Sciences (IICG) decided not to recognize the anthropocene as the real geolomogical era. Now, several scientists involved in the process have published a comment explaining why they believe that Anthropocene deserves another opportunity for period status.

McCarthy et al. They argue against two critics relations to the propesta: the prisra, that the anthropocene barely began 72 years ago, while the times typical are expand Future, the future, the future, the future, the future, the future, the future, the quyguico, which, which would be inappropriate to designate an era based on the expectant that humans will leave their mark in the future distant from the earth.

The extension of anthropocene is irrelevant, say the authors, because in terms functions the Earth has entered into unprecedented times. Energy consumption since the mid -twentieth century has increased six times what was consumed in the previous 11,700 years. As a result, global temperatures are increased -Rapidation, with implications a large scale for everything, from sea level to biodiversity or ice layers. These changes will last for a long time, and Some irreversible son. In fact, the beginning and magnitude of such dramatic alterations in such a short -term period of time highlights the fact that the Earth has entered a new era, say the authors.

Some stratigraphs They have argued that designating a human centered era politicizes geology, but the authors argue that ignoring the data to preserve the status quo is equally polyphic. In the same way, the authors are offended by the information that indicate that the issue cannot be reviewed for a decade and then the question of whether we live in the anthropocene or is not resolved until then. “It is not”, written (Agu advances, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024AV0014302025).

—Saima May Sidik (@saimamay.bsky.social), Science writer

This translation by Anthony Ramírez-Salazar (@Anthnyy) was possible thanks to an association with PLANETEANDIO AND Geolatins This translation was thanks to possible association PLANETEANDIO and Geolatins.

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