ANTHROPOCENE – NEW EPOCH For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: New Anthropocene epoch and phenomena News Flash Recently, panel of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) voted in favour of designating a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene. Arrival of new epoch signals the end of the Holocene Epoch, which began 11,700 years ago. The panel plans to submit a formal proposal for the new epoch by 2021 to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, which…
Continue readingANTHROPOCENE EPOCH Recently (May 21), panel of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) voted in favour of designating a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene. Arrival of new epoch signals the end of the Holocene Epoch, which began 11,700 years ago. The panel plans to submit a formal proposal for the new epoch by 2021 to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, which oversees the official geologic time chart. The final ratification will be made by…
Continue readingANTHROPOCENE AS EARTH’S NEW EPOCH For: preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Anthropocene Epoch, Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point, Holocene Epoch, Geological time scale of Earth News Flash Rising global temperatures, sea levels, depleting ozone layer and acidifying oceans are the result of human activity that has “distinctively” altered our planet. Now, a team of scientists have voted to declare “Anthropocene” as a new chapter in the Earth’s geological history. Anthropocene as…
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