An international group of researchers is working to define a new geological era that will more accurately describe the current state of the planet. Called the Anthropocene era, this geological unit ...

Humanity has been reshaping Earth for so long that “Anthropocene” has become a familiar shorthand for our planetary footprint. Now a growing group of researchers argues that our influence has spilled ...

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This image is taken from the Geologic Time Viewer, a project presented last week at MIT, which shows how materials created over millions of years in geologic time are now a part of our everyday lives.