The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

Author:

Waters Colin N.1,Zalasiewicz Jan2,Summerhayes Colin3,Barnosky Anthony D.4,Poirier Clément5,Gałuszka Agnieszka6,Cearreta Alejandro7,Edgeworth Matt8,Ellis Erle C.9,Ellis Michael1,Jeandel Catherine10,Leinfelder Reinhold11,McNeill J. R.12,Richter Daniel deB.13,Steffen Will14,Syvitski James15,Vidas Davor16,Wagreich Michael17,Williams Mark2,Zhisheng An18,Grinevald Jacques19,Odada Eric20,Oreskes Naomi21,Wolfe Alexander P.22

Affiliation:

1. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK.

2. Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.

3. Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK.

4. Department of Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

5. Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière, Université de Caen Normandie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 24 Rue des Tilleuls, F-14000 Caen, France.

6. Geochemistry and the Environment Division, Institute of Chemistry, Jan Kochanowski University, 15G Świętokrzyska Street, 25-406 Kielce, Poland.

7. Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.

8. School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.

9. Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland–Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.

10. Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (CNRS, Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université Paul Sabatier), 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.

11. Department of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstraße 74-100/D, 12249 Berlin, Germany.

12. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.

13. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90233, Durham, NC 27516, USA.

14. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.

15. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado–Boulder, Box 545, Boulder, CO 80309-0545, USA.

16. Marine Affairs and Law of the Sea Programme, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, Norway.

17. Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

18. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.

19. Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement, Chemin Eugène Rigot 2, 1211 Genève 11, Switzerland.

20. Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

21. Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

22. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.

Abstract

Evidence of an Anthropocene epoch Humans are undoubtedly altering many geological processes on Earth—and have been for some time. But what is the stratigraphic evidence for officially distinguishing this new human-dominated time period, termed the “Anthropocene,” from the preceding Holocene epoch? Waters et al. review climatic, biological, and geochemical signatures of human activity in sediments and ice cores. Combined with deposits of new materials and radionuclides, as well as human-caused modification of sedimentary processes, the Anthropocene stands alone stratigraphically as a new epoch beginning sometime in the mid–20th century. Science , this issue p. 10.1126/science.aad2622

Funder

British Geological Survey

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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