From artificial beaches to faux-snow ski slopes, photographer Zed Nelson explores humanity’s complex relationship with the ...

Scientists have identified the geological site that they say best reflects a proposed new epoch called the Anthropocene — a major step toward changing the official timeline of Earth’s history ...

In the years since the term Anthropocene was coined by Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000, it has increasingly defined our times as an age of human-caused planetary ...

Called the Anthropocene — and derived from the Greek terms for “human” and “new” — this epoch started sometime between 1950 and 1954, according to the scientists.

Acclaimed Austin-based dance troupe Performa/Dance is marking its 10-year anniversary with a big concept. Working as a group, ...

Scientists in the Anthropocene Working Group unveiled the Canadian lake as part of a media conference in Berlin on Tuesday, recommending massive impacts from humans, including fossil fuel ...

Some are more convinced that the Anthropocene has begun than others, and some believe it may have started well before 1950. Scientists outside the Group have also had much to say about its activities.

But the most important thing about the Anthropocene is not when and where it began, but when and how it might end. It is possible to imagine an Anthropocene that endures.

Scientists say a new epoch of human impact — the Anthropocene — began in 1950s An aerial view of Crawford Lake, near Milton, Ontario, Canada.

The Anthropocene is the name of a proposed new geological time period (probably an epoch) that may soon enter the official Geologic Time Scale. The Anthropocene is defined by the human influence ...

The term Anthropocene has been around at least since the 19th century, but it acquired pop culture cachet as concern over climate change mounted.