Anthropocene – Earth’s new epoch

ANTHROPOCENE 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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