A Factoryscape in the Potteries', (1938). Smoke from chimneys in the industrial area known as the Staffordshire Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent. Due to the local availability of clay and coal, North ...

This sobering Canadian eco-documentary hypothesizes that the world has entered a new era in the geological time scale: the Anthropocene epoch. It’s the age in which human activity, for the first time, ...

At Hayward Field, the roar of the crowd is familiar, not just from collegiate competition, but from years of growing up in the stands, watching,... With Oregon’s softball most recent win over ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The guardians of the world’s official geological timescale have firmly rejected a ...

The Triassic was the dawn of the dinosaurs. The Paleogene saw the rise of mammals. The Pleistocene included the last ice ages. Is it time to mark humankind’s transformation of the planet with its own ...

Mr. Lezak is a researcher at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford who studies the politics of climate change. The world’s leading institution on geology declined a proposal on ...

From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists ...

The official timekeepers of Earth history are in an uproar after a key scientific panel decided this week that the planet’s geologic timeline should not include a radical new chapter defined by human ...

"Original edition first published by Penguin Books Ltd, London"--Title page verso. ANTH copy 39088020045035 gift of Rusty Russell. "A remarkable exploration of the science, history, and politics of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 4, 2024, the commission responsible for recognizing time units within our most recent period of geologic time – the ...