Scientists designate Canadian lake as ground-zero for the Anthropocene, Earth's new epoch
- A team of scientists proposes that a new geologic epoch called the Anthropocene began between 1950 and 1954, marking a period of intense human impact on the Earth through activities such as burning fossil fuels, nuclear weapons, and pollution.
- The scientists are studying Crawford Lake in Canada as a potential marker for the start of the Anthropocene due to the clear evidence of human activity found in its layers of sediment, including nuclear fallout, pollution, and rising temperatures.
- The proposal for the Anthropocene epoch and the Crawfordian age still needs approval from
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