In a major step towards formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a new stage in Earth System history, scientists have identified a small lake near Toronto as the best marker of epochal change, writes Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.
By David Stanway (Reuters) - Sediment deposited at Crawford Lake, a small but deep body of water in Canada's Ontario province, provides unmistakable e.
Humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. Called