Talk:Anthropocene

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Note: "Anthropocene" gets 470 Google hits, mostly scholarly. Not yet in general use, but certainly current use as a term in discussion. -- The Anome 12:23, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)

(William M. Connolley 20:58, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)) Another note: I've just written the Paul J. Crutzen page, and found his original article, and it appears to say:

• anthropocene start mid 18C (not that a hard start date exists, mind)
• its in IBGP newsletter (not? global ch?)
• ps: its up to 2040 hits now... quadrupled in a year.

Now 6,170 hits. I will add this to my list of articles to consider working on.--NHSavage 23:30, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

23 Mar 2007 = 44,100 hits. OldDigger 09:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The Holocene epoch started ~10,000ya so the Anthropocene period cannot also start then unless it is a component. However it seems that the Anthropocene can only be seen as sensibly starting in the 18C, ie. when a noticable change to past 'cycles' was observed, and that was why the term was coined. OldDigger 08:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Anthropocene more likely to be accepted as the most recent age of the Holocene epoch? [1], [2] OldDigger 17:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC) More up to date with lots of references: [3] OldDigger 22:03, 23 March 2007 (UTC)