Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapter

Paris (AFP) July 10, 2023

Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence. On Tuesday they will deliver the last of their findings - the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of humanity's outsized impact on the planet. In essence, the Anthropocene Working Group was mandated by the high priests