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After 15 years of work, the International Union of Geological Sciences has voted against listing the Anthropocene as a geological period – but not everyone agrees with the decision.

Scientists Jan Zalasiewica and Erle Ellis on the recent decision to reject a proposal for a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

The decision "to reject the proposal for an Anthropocene Epoch as a formal unit of the Geologic Time Scale is approved", it said.

The decision “to reject the proposal for an Anthropocene Epoch as a formal unit of the Geologic Time Scale is approved”, it said.

Epochs are units of geologic time scale that categorise different stages or eras in Earth's history, taking into factors such as Earth's geological, climatic, or biological features.