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Anthropocene Epoch (Culture (Ignorance towards mass extinction of wildlife…
Anthropocene Epoch
Culture
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Urbanization
brought half of the world's population to densely packed cities known as trade hubs looking for job opportunities
Technology
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Accurate periodization
Technologies allow for geologists to find radioactive signatures from the atomic bomb testing in the 1960s
Chlorine from bomb testing and mercury associated with the burning of coal also have been found in ice-core samples
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Economic systems
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Capitalism
the foundation of capitalism is to always have one group working for another where the elite will always continue to get wealthier
Political
Partisanship
increase in lobbying from big pharma or corporations looking to get past as much legislation or restrictions as possible
Inability to decide
Ignorance towards the bigger picture and how legislation could affect the population as a whole and not the many that are represented by a couple of legislators
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Environment
Climate Change
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Melting glaciers
less area of whiteness to reflect some of the Sun's heat back into space, so this heat is absorbed into land and water, warming it up and causing even more melting glaciers
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