It's a pity we're still officially living in an age called the Holocene. The Anthropocene - human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth - is already an undeniable reality. — Paul J. Crutzen Copy Share Image
Imagine our descendants in the year 2200 or 2500. They might liken us to aliens who have treated the Earth as if it were… — Paul J. Crutzen Copy Share Image
In discussing the state of the atmosphere following a nuclear exchange, we point especially to the effects of the many fires that would be ignited by the thousands of nuclear explosions in cities, forests, agricultural fields, and oil and gas fields. As a result of these fires, the loading of the atmosphere with strongly light absorbing particles in the submicron… — Paul J. Crutzen Copy Share
It's a pity we're still officially living in an age called the Holocene. The Anthropocene - human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes… — Paul J. Crutzen Copy Share Image
