Anthropocene
Proposed geologic epoch
Summary
Anthropocene is a term that has been used to refer to the period of time during which humanity has become a planetary force of change. It appears in scientific and social discourse, especially with respect to accelerating geophysical and biochemical changes that characterize the 20th and 21st centuries on Earth. Originally a proposal for a new geological epoch following the Holocene, it was rejected as such in 2024 by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
Originally created by The Anome
11/21/2003, 12:15:04 PM
Modified
6/2/2026, 12:32:25 PM
Recent revisions
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/JoeAPLit|JoeAPLit]] ([[User talk:JoeAPLit|talk]]): Not relevant or sourced, possible COI from username(?)
IUGS-ICS staltement is not a report in a news item, so {{cite news}} is not really the appropriate template. {{cite press release}} is probably best as it not a {{cite report}} either. Repaired citation errors while here
/* */ as a compromise, added "(1952)" to the Crawford Lake sediments proposal
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1354591261|1354591261]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-29451-60|~2026-29451-60]] ([[User talk:~2026-29451-60|talk]]) the table shows the range of proposals: as the article says, there were twelve. It is not the function of Wikipedia to decide which one is "correct" given the clear decision of the IUGS. Leave it to the article to inform readers.
The table is still there, so it makes no sense to remove a value that's already listed in it.
stii no recognised start date as the proposal has not been accepted
Infobox - Lower boundary definition - removed Gauci's fringe opinion, replaced it with Anthropcene Working Group's finding (for consistency with other Crawford Lake information in this infobox)
/* top */ removed uncited and uncitable start date from infobox. There is no agreed start date as the proposal has not been accepted.
The table shows a count starting from 1952, from the moment of the Plutonium-239 surge. And stop rejecting this.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1353342207|1353342207]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-28037-25|~2026-28037-25]] ([[User talk:~2026-28037-25|talk]]) unexplained
Removed duplicated internal links
added a few bits of better information so its more sophisticated
Dating maintenance tags: {{Disputed}}
Disputed: infobox
/* Anthropocene Working Group */ [[WP:RSECT|Mov]]ing [[WP:ANCHOR|anchor]] to [[Crawford Lake]].
/* Anthropocene Working Group */ added an anchor for redirect and bold redirect target word per MOS
Just updated the years to the modern day
