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The End of the Anthropocene?

 Figure 1 – Timeline of the aeons, eras, periods, and epochs (Source: World Economic Forum) Over the last two weeks or so, the papers were full of existential issues. At the top (so it seemed) was President Biden’s advanced age. … Continue reading

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Back to Educating in the Anthropocene

(Source: The Lancet) The original caption of this figure reads “The Planetary Health Education Framework.” However, it is similar to the Venn diagram that I discussed in a previous blog (August 4, 2020), which includes climate change, equity, Covid-19, population, … Continue reading

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Dying in the Anthropocene: A Global Perspective

Figure 1 – Terracotta Soldiers in Xi’an Figure 2 – Petra (Source: Britannica) Last week’s blog focused on the finite availability of burial land and the unfulfilled wish of many of us to leave behind our stories without crowding the … Continue reading

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Dying in the Anthropocene

Figure 1 – Graveyards of the contiguous US (Source: Joshua Stephens via Insider) I will die in the Anthropocene. The only uncertain part of this statement is whether the global epoch that is now under consideration will be officially named … Continue reading

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Governing the Anthropocene: Federal Globalization?

(Source: Financial Times) A previous blog defined the Anthropocene as “the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age.” The same blog stated that the widely agreed … Continue reading

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Governance in the Anthropocene

(Source: Vecteezy) In last week’s blog, I returned to the definition of the Anthropocene, the name for our proposed new epoch. The dominant proposal for Anthropocene is an “epoch that begins when human activities started to have a significant global … Continue reading

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The Anthropocene Leads Us Back to the Copernican Revolution

The last day of 2022 was a rainy day in New York City. We were looking forward to the fireworks celebrations without much hope. However, as midnight approached the weather started to clear. We decided to look for the best … Continue reading

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 Happy New Year and Back to the Anthropocene

Source: Economic World Forum The Anthropocene is back in the news: “For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age” by Raymond Zhong The official timeline of Earth’s history — from the oldest rocks to the‌ dinosaurs to … Continue reading

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My Anthropocene

I went on a short vacation to southern New Mexico For Columbus Day weekend. Aside from the region’s great weather in this season, that was one of only two weekends per year when the Trinity site (see last week’s blog) … Continue reading

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Two Anthropocenes

The alarming tone of the new IPCC report caught the immediate attention of the world’s media and triggered a quick dismissal from the president of the United States. The report, which spans about 1,300 pages, covers all the indicators that … Continue reading

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