People--scientists yes, but also anthropologists, environmental historians, activists, and others--have debated for some time whether we are living in the "Anthropocene," a new era of geological time defined by what humans are doing to the globe. This week--with temperatures in the water off Florida surpassing...
anthropocene
The increased consensus around the modern impacts humans have made upon the planet is to call it the "Anthropocene," which correctly demonstrates that in a blink of an eye, humans.