Digital democracies and the challenges of Anthropocene

Only sustained human intervention can effectively mitigate challenges to daily human life

The Anthropocene is dead. Long live the Anthropocene!

As poor countries to face disproportionately high impacts of climate change, it would be grossly unfair to blame all of humanity for the Anthropocene

Simply put: The Anthropocene

Good while it lasted: The DTE cover story on 6th mass extinction

Simply Put: Taking Earth for a ride

The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway

The proposal to add an Anthropocene Epoch to the geological time scale was rejected for a variety of reasons, none of them related to the fact …

When did the Anthropocene begin on Earth?

Although global archaeological data show that human transformation of environments began at different times in different regions, by 3,000 years …

World past Holocene Epoch; Anthropocene began in 1950, say scientists

The Anthropocene Working Group proposes Crawford Lake near Toronto as a designated geological repository of evidence, marking the transition into …

It is time to own up: Why ‘Anthropocene’ should matter

Disinclination to recognise impact of humans on the planet responsible for a fragile fight against climate change

Sixth mass extinction will be worse than previously thought, say scientists

The population of around 33% of the species currently categorised as ‘non-threatened’ by the IUCN Red List show a declining trend

The forgotten environmental crisis: How 20th century settler writers foreshadowed the Anthropocene

Almost a century ago, New Zealand and Australia were at the forefront of an environmental crisis that was also profoundly geological in nature: …

Good while it lasted - I: 6th mass extinction underway, courtesy humans

Earth is losing species at an unprecedented rate; This marks the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch, a self-aggrandising nomenclature that …

The Anthropocene: Looking back to move forward

2023 will be a significant year for humanity. Scientists will vote to define the Anthropocene as the new geological epoch

Our ability to manufacture minerals could transform the gem market, medical industries and even help suck carbon from the air

Expanding ability to manufacture minerals can reduce pressure on existing resources

Semantics of Anthropocene: Have humans really formed a new era

The Earth will hardly notice when we humans are gone, just as it hardly knew we were here

Anthropocene doesn't exist and species of the future will not recognise it

The Anthropocene has come to fore as a powerful if perplexing way of talking about our current era

Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?

Earth is currently on course to reach temperatures of roughly 3°C  above preindustrial levels by the end of the century

There are so many problems with the Anthropocene definition: Amitav Ghosh

The author spoke to Down To Earth on the shortcomings of the narrative around the Anthropocene

Coming up: New set of targets to protect the natural world

This year, the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to identify a new ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’ of targets for the coming …