Anthropocene

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    Description

    Crawford Lake, a small body of water in Ontario, Canada, is being put forward as the location that best records humanity's impacts on Earth.

    Period11 Jul 2023

    Media contributions

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    Media contributions

    • TitleAnthropocene
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletBBC News at 6
      Media typeTelevision
      Duration/Length/Size3:34 minutes
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date11/07/23
      DescriptionFilming on coring bog sediments at Munsley Bog (Godshill, Isle of Wight), comment given on last Pleistocene-Holocene transition and the introduction of the new Anthropocene epoch.
      Producer/AuthorBBC team (Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis, Jon Amos, Kevin Church)
      PersonsSabine Wulf, Evelyn Horsfall, Robert Scaife
    • TitleThe Anthropocene: Canadian lake mud 'symbolic of human changes to Earth'
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBBC News
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date11/07/23
      DescriptionCrawford Lake, a small body of water in Ontario, Canada, is being put forward as the location that best records humanity's impacts on Earth.

      Scientists are trying to define a new geological time period to recognise the changes we've made to the planet, and Crawford is their model example.
      Producer/AuthorJon Amos (BBC)
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66132769
      PersonsSabine Wulf
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    Keywords

    • Anthropocene
    • Munsley Bog
    • Pleistocene-Holocene transition