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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The geologic epoch had reigned for 11,700 years, ever since the sprawling ice sheets covering North America and Europe began melting rapidly, and Crutzen thought its time was up. But it wasn’t until 2000 that the idea really took off. Crutzen, along with the diatom researcher Eugene F.