A prestigious committee of modern geologists has issued the scientific verdict on the academic debate over Holocene vs. Anthropocene. They declare that Gaia, our beloved Earth, remains in the ...

Over at the excellent blog Centauri Dreams, Paul Glister considers the recent proposal that humans have inaugurated a new geological epoch. He writes: “Geologists at the University of Leicester, ...

The Holocene is the current geological epoch within the Quaternary Period, beginning approximately 11,700 years before present, following the end of the Pleistocene and the last major glaciation.

The Holocene is the current geological epoch within the Quaternary Period, beginning approximately 11,700 years before present, following the end of the Pleistocene and the last major glaciation.

Has the Holocene epoch of the past 11,700 years been supplanted by the proposed Anthropocene epoch of today? Although it’s broadly accepted that planetary systems have changed as a result of human ...

It’s understandable that passing comets and meteors often make the news, since the idea of our planet being struck by one is unsettling to say the least. But it’s a rarity of course, that any space ...