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environmental sciences, geology, oceanography, paleontology, anthropocene, great acceleration
Abstract:
The Anthropocene was introduced to denote a dramatic, ongoing, planetary shift from prolonged Holocene stability, driving the Earth system into a new functional state outside its natural variability. Now stratigraphically-grounded, the Anthropocene is de facto a new epoch, not an encapsulation of all anthropogenic impacts in Earth history.