Can humans and other species continue to inhabit the Earth together after all the havoc that has been wrought? And how will they do it? These questions are at the heart of an international conference ...

Changes to the Earth’s climate, the severe decline in biodiversity, and the intense use of land, water and natural resources show the extent of humanity’s impact on the Earth’s biological, geological ...

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...

The term “Anthropocene” has been taken up by a range of scholars in recent years in an effort to name and make sense of a major and rapid shift in the geo-history of the planet. For some, the term ...

What do you call the current time period — when we humans are warming the atmosphere, acidifying the oceans, altering the land and leaving a literal mark on the planet? Not the Anthropocene, according ...

Many scientists say profound human-driven change to our planet has ushered a new geological epoch: The Anthropocene. Others believe claims of a new age are premature. About 12,000 years ago, the end ...

Over the last century, humans have littered the oceans with plastic, pumped CO2 into the air and raked fertilisers across the land. The impact of our species is so severe and so enduring that the ...