Open AccessFuture Earth: Advancing Civic Understanding of the Anthropocene
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo330017
Subject(s) - anthropocene , epoch (astronomy) , natural (archaeology) , environmental ethics , earth (classical element) , earth science , deep time , earth system science , astrobiology , history , realization (probability) , geology , philosophy , ecology , archaeology , computer science , paleontology , biology , stars , physics , statistics , mathematics , mathematical physics , computer vision
The Anthropocene, a term first coined in the 1980s by biologist Eugene Stoermer, is a word that encapsulates a powerful idea—that the world is now in the throes of a novel geological epoch, a period of time in which human activity, not natural cycles, dominates many of Earth's chemical, geological, and biological systems. The growing realization of our importance has caused a reanalysis, both scientifically and ethically, of our relationship with the natural world.