The Anthropocene
This page is part of the Geology for Society publication.
Human activity has had dramatic impacts on landscape, the subsurface and Earth systems, driving significant atmospheric, chemical, physical and biological changes. Are these changes sufficiently significant and permanent to mark the beginning of a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene?
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Background British Geological Survey: The Anthropocene
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Past Meetings & Lectures
Geoscientist Magazine
- Cracking up in Lincolnshire - Article, March 2014
- The Anthropocene - October 2011
GSL Blog
- To fry or to freeze? Bill McGuire, Jan 2017
Anthropocene Research
See the work the British Geological Survey are doing on environmental change in the Anthropocene.
Geology for Society
Aimed at policy and decision-makers as well as the wider public, 'Geology for Society' outlines the importance of geology to our society.