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Anthropocene (Misc (the bones left by the global proliferation of the…
Anthropocene
Misc
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Put so much plastic in our waterways and oceans that microplastic particles are now virtually ubiquitous, and plastics will likely leave identifiable fossil records for future generations to discover.
Doubled the nitrogen and phosphorous in our soils in the past century with fertiliser use. This is likely to be the largest impact on the nitrogen cycle in 2.5bn years.
Left a permanent layer of airborne particulates in sediment and glacial ice such as black carbon from fossil fuel burning.
Economic Systems
Plants and animals are moving northward; glaciers are melting; storms anddroughts are increasing in severity; and weather patterns are changing.Behind these weather patterns are changes in the Earth’s atmosphere thatscientists can track over geologic time.
Pushed extinction rates of animals and plants far above the long-term average. The Earth is on course to see 75% of species become extinct in the next few centuries if current trends continue.
the atmospheric concentration of CO2 has risen from 280 ppm to about 390 ppm, much faster than ever before.
Technology
Another power that humans have gained control over is that of nuclear energy. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945 to end World War II.
humans have been in tight fixes before and have always been able to figure a way out, using their unique abilities of collective learn- ing to generate new ideas, new technologies, and new solutions.
Increased levels of climate-warming CO2 in the atmosphere at the fastest rate for 66m years, with fossil-fuel burning pushing levels from 280 parts per million before the industrial revolution to 400ppm and rising today.
Government Systems
Another power that humans have gained control over is that of nuclear energy. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945 to end World War II.
International Relations
The country north koria have started programs to further there tecnological advancement like the nuclear bomb program due to relations with other countrys
Environmental
Climate Change
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James Lovelock (1919– ), an English independent scientist, believes that humans have passed the point at which they can control change.
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