A HUMAN–ENVIRONMENT TIMELINE.
Concern about accelerating human impact on Earth systems coincides with discussion of adding a new proposed geologic epoch that would document the Age of Humans. This research contributes a human-environment timeline prototype. Time-period classification provides academics and citizens alike with a...
| Published in: | Geographical Review Vol. 111; no. 1; pp. 95 - 118 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan-Jun 2021
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