Colombia University’s Earth Institute in New York and host Andrew Revkin bring you a Sunday morning online session featuring musicians and experts in human sustainability on planet Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/join-andrew-revkins-unbroken-circle-song-and-story-swap…
Tag: anthropocene
Twenty years of discoveries changing story of human evolution
Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/archaeological-discoveries-changing-story-of-human-evolution…
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/why-are-whales-big…
Plastic pollution has entered fossil record, says study
A new study has found that plastic pollution is being deposited into the fossil record, with deposits increasing exponentially since 1945. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/plastic-pollution-fossil-record…
Anthropocene? Humans Have Been Changing the Planet for Millennia.
So how do we mark the beginning of this human age? Source: https://www.livescience.com/anthropocene-humans-changed-earth-millennia-ago.html
When did humans start altering Earth?
The ArchaeoGlobe Project assessed knowledge on human land use over the past 10,000 years, through the contributions of more than 200 archaeologists. It concluded that, by 3,000 years ago, most of Earth was already transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers and pastoralists. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/when-humans-start-altering-planet-earth-anthropocene…
Striking Photos Capture the Unnatural Transformation of the Amazon Rainforest
There was this moment last year when I was sitting in the quietest place in the U.S. and a plane flew overhead, breaking the cocoon of natural sound. It was the sonic emulation of the world we’re creating, writ large. Humanity has crept into every nook and cranny of the planet, and now we’re being forced to confront…Read more…Source: https://earther.gizmodo.com/striking-photos-capture-the-unnatural-transformation-of-1834173419…