Jan Zalasiewicz

Jul 23, 2024 | foreignaffairs.co.nz | Jan Zalasiewicz

MIL OSI Translation. Government of the Republic of France statements from French to English –Source: Universities – Science Po in FrenchSince their creation in 1976, the Sciences Po Press, a publishing house dedicated to the human and social sciences, participate in the transmission of knowledge and ideas, in the exploration of new avenues of research, in the animation of political and intellectual debate, in reflection on major questions in our time.

Jul 16, 2024 | pubs.usgs.gov | Mark Williams |Jan Zalasiewicz |Anthony D. Barnosky |Reinhold Leinfelder

The “Great Acceleration” beginning in the mid-20th century provides the causal mechanism of the Anthropocene, which has been proposed as a new epoch of geological time beginning in 1952 CE.

May 13, 2024 | phys.org | Mark Williams |Anthony D. Barnosky |Elizabeth A Hadly |Jan Zalasiewicz

When we think of fossils it is usually of dinosaurs, or perhaps the beautiful spiral shape of an ammonite picked up on a beach during a summer holiday. We see fossils as ancient relics of the deep past that allow us to marvel at the history of life on Earth, of animals that walked or swam many millions of years ago, of the giant trees that became buried and crushed to form coal.

May 8, 2024 | newscientist.com | Jan Zalasiewicz

The concept of the Anthropocene was born at a scientific meeting in Mexico in 2000, conjured by chemist and Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen. “We aren’t in the Holocene any more, we’re in… the Anthropocene,” he said, as the speed and magnitude of planetary impact by industrialised humanity was hammered home.

Apr 4, 2024 | theconversation.com | Gemma Ware |Erle Ellis |Jan Zalasiewicz

For almost 15 years, scientists have debated whether the Anthropocene should be an official geological epoch marking the profound influence of humans on the planet. Then in March, an international panel of scientists formally rejected the proposal for a new Anthropocene epoch. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, two scientists give us their different opinions on whether that was the right decision and what it means for the future use of the word Anthropocene.