Anthropocene

Question 1

First termed by?

Answer 1

Paul Crutzen

Question 2

Anthropocene working group

Answer 2

• Set up in 2008/9
• Goal to investigate and formally recognise term
• Uses a wide variety of scientists

Question 3

Why is this concerning?

Answer 3

• Recognises that the earth is changing the environment beyond the Holocene norms
• Shows human impact on the environment
• Highlights how much is at stake

Question 4

What can be used to distinguish the two eras?

Answer 4

• Planetary boundaries framwork’s processes
• E.g. Co2 levels have increased by more than a third

Question 5

Critisms?

Answer 5

• May oversimplify human history
• Hard to draw accurate time period boundaries