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Geologists search for Anthropocene 'golden spike'
2016-08-30 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The notion that we have entered a new geological age is real and should be formally recognised, according to an international report. The verdict comes from a panel set up to judge the merits of adding an Anthropocene ("Age of Humans") time segment to the history of the Earth. The group delivered its preliminary evidence and recommendations on Monday. It now needs to identify a suitable marker in the environment that epitomises the start of the new phase. Colin Waters from the British...
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