“A myriad of geological signals reflect this fact.” The Anthropocene issue has polarized scientists in a way that few issues in the history of the geological time scale ever have.

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological ...

A geologic time scale 2004 / edited by Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, and Alan G. Smith Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not Human influence on the environment is undeniable, but is it enough to merit its own epoch?

Geologists have identified a site in Canada that they say could mark a new epoch called the Anthropocene. But not everyone agrees.