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Greenpeace magazin: Home. WWF. National Geographic - Inspiring People to Care About the Planet Since 1888. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Startseite. Globaïa :: Creation | Research | Communication. A Cartography of the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene: A primer. The Anthropocene. We’re already there. This is our time, our creation, our challenge. Officially, this epoch does not exist. Unofficially however, the term is used more frequently in the scientific literature and, more recently, in publications dedicated to the general public.

So, might you ask, what is the Anthropocene? First, the etymology. The term was proposed in 2000 by Paul J. Technically, the Anthropocene is the most recent period of the Quaternary, succeding to the Holocene. The Pleistocene (2.588 Ma to 11.7 Ka) was a tumultuous era, during which more than eleven major glaciations occurred. The Holocene (11.7 ka until about 1800 AD) was a time comparatively smoother in terms of climate variability. We are officially still in the Holocene. We collectively rolled over into a new era, which includes its stakes and challenges but also its opportunities and great qualities.

Here is the definition more or less impressionistic we propose for the Anthropocene:

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