The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time? INTRODUCTION
The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time? INTRODUCTION
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DOI：
10.1098/rsta.2010.0339
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发表时间：
2011-03-13
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5
通讯作者：
Ellis, Michael
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作者：
Zalasiewicz, Jan;Williams, Mark;Ellis, Michael
地球气候、陆地、海洋和生物圈的人为变化现在是如此巨大和如此迅速，以至于人类活动定义的新地质时代的概念受到了广泛和认真的辩论。关于这种环境变化的规模、程度和重要性的问题，特别是在地球地质历史的背景下，为这一主题问题提供了基础。根据目前的证据，人类世似乎显示出全球变化，这与过去两个世纪内跨越了一个时代尺度的边界的说法一致。
Anthropogenic changes to the Earth's climate, land, oceans and biosphere are now so great and so rapid that the concept of a new geological epoch defined by the action of humans, the Anthropocene, is widely and seriously debated. Questions of the scale, magnitude and significance of this environmental change, particularly in the context of the Earth's geological history, provide the basis for this Theme Issue. The Anthropocene, on current evidence, seems to show global change consistent with the suggestion that an epoch-scale boundary has been crossed within the last two centuries.