New Understanding to Past Global Warming Events: Hyperthermal Events May Be...
These geological deposits make the Bighorn Basin area of Wyoming ideal for studying the PETM. (Credit: Aaron Diefendorf) ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2012) — A series of global warming events called...
View ArticleNew Book Explores ‘Noah’s Flood': Says Bible and Science Can Get Along...
ScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2012) — David Montgomery is a geomorphologist, a geologist who studies changes to topography over time and how geological processes shape landscapes. He has seen firsthand...
View ArticleAnthropocene Continues to Spark Scientific Debate (The Geological Society of...
GSA Annual Meeting Technical Session: “Geomorphology of the Anthropocene” Boulder, Colorado, USA – How have humans influenced Earth? Can geoscientists measure when human impacts began overtaking those...
View ArticleMegafloods: What They Leave Behind (Science Daily)
Jan. 16, 2014 — South-central Idaho and the surface of Mars have an interesting geological feature in common: amphitheater-headed canyons. These U-shaped canyons with tall vertical headwalls are found...
View Article“Forum: Archaeology of the Anthropocene” (AAA Blog)
“Forum: Archaeology of the Anthropocene” by Asa Randall CITATION: Edgeworth, M., Benjamin, J., Clarke, B., Crossland, Z., Domanska, E., Gorman, A. C., Graves-Brown, P., Harris, E. C., Hudson, M. J.,...
View ArticleAntropoceno, Capitaloceno, Cthulhuceno: o que caracteriza uma nova época?...
28/10/2014 A proposta de formalização de uma nova época da Terra levanta questões sobre utilidade, responsabilidade e formas alternativas de narrar a história do mundo em que vivemos Por Daniela Klebis...
View ArticleDo we need “the Anthropocene?” (Inhabiting the Anthropocene)
Zev Trachtenberg | January 5, 2015 at 7:00 am As 2014 came to a close I received a wonderfully provocative e-mail from my friend and colleague in the Environmental Political Theory community John...
View ArticleThe West without Water: What Can Past Droughts Tell Us About Tomorrow? (Origins)
vol. 8, issue 6 – march 2015 by B. LYNN INGRAM Lake Oroville, California, 2014. The level of water in this important storage reservoir is well below average, a visual reminder of the ongoing drought...
View ArticleBaylor Researcher Finds First-Ever Evidence of Climate Change of Northern...
China’s Hunshandake Sandy Lands (Courtesy of Steve Forman) Feb. 16, 2015 By Tonya B. Lewis Study Sheds Light on How Populations Respond and Adapt to Climate Change WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2015) — Using a...
View ArticleDid a Volcanic Cataclysm 40,000 Years Ago Trigger the Final Demise of the...
19 March 2015 Boulder, Colo., USA – The Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption in Italy 40,000 years ago was one of the largest volcanic cataclysms in Europe and injected a significant amount of...
View ArticleCoping with the anthropocene: How we became nature (Science Daily)
Date: March 17, 2015 Source: De Gruyter Summary: Overpopulation, the greenhouse effect, warming temperatures and overall climate disruption are all well recognized as a major threat to the ecology and...
View ArticleAnthropocene: The human age (Nature)
Momentum is building to establish a new geological epoch that recognizes humanity’s impact on the planet. But there is fierce debate behind the scenes. Richard Monastersky 11 March 2015 Illustration by...
View ArticleImagining the Anthropocene (AEON)
by Jedediah Purdy The Anthropocene idea has been embraced by Earth scientists and English professors alike. But how useful is it? Jedediah Purdy is Professor of Law at Duke University in North...
View ArticlePrevisão do clima: terremotos intermitentes (Folha de S.Paulo)
Marcelo Leite, 03/05/2015 01h57 Depois de Katmandu, o terremoto no Nepal sacudiu também uma noção preconcebida comum entre jornalistas de ciência – esta coluna, por exemplo, foi abalada por um tuíte...
View ArticleCalifornia drought causing valley land to sink (Science Daily)
Date: August 20, 2015 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought, the California Department of Water Resources has...
View ArticleHow can I become a fossil? (BBC Future)
Less than one-10th of 1% of all species that have ever lived became fossils. But from skipping a coffin to avoiding Iran, there are ways to up your chances of lasting forever. By John Pickrell 15...
View ArticleHumanity Now Lives in The Anthropocene. But What Does That Actually Mean?...
sciencealert.com Carly Cassella, 24 April 2021 In the last two decades, the Anthropocene has become an informal buzzword to describe the numerous and unprecedented ways humans have come to modify the...
View ArticleAre we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth (Nature)
Original article Researchers have zeroed in on nine sites that could describe a new geological time, marked by pollution and other signs of human activity. McKenzie Prillaman 13 December 2022...
View ArticleWhen Did the Anthropocene Start? Scientists Closer to Saying When. (N.Y. Times)
nytimes.com Image credits: Alamy; David Guttenfelder for The New York Times; Getty Images; Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times; Michael Probst/Associated Press; Getty Images; NASA For Planet...
View ArticleCiência Fundamental: O Antropoceno dá um passo à frente (Folha de S.Paulo)
www1.folha.uol.com.br Ciência Fundamental 11 de julho de 2023 Uma revolução fervilha, em fogo baixo, no mundo da geologia. E um anúncio dessa terça-feira, 11 de julho, acaba de aumentar a intensidade...
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