"Crawford Lake: The Defining Site of the Anthropocene Epoch"
Scientists have chosen a sinkhole lake in Canada, known as Crawford Lake, to represent the start of the Anthropocene epoch, marking the end of a stable global environment and the beginning of a new age dominated by human activities. The lake's sediments show clear spikes from the impact of human activities, such as plutonium from hydrogen bomb tests and particles from fossil fuel burning. If approved, the official declaration of the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch will come in August 2024. This decision holds social, political, and scientific significance, highlighting the scale and severity of the planetary transformation caused by industrialized humanity.
- Nuclear bomb fallout site chosen to define start of Anthropocene The Guardian
- Crawford Lake in Canada marks beginning of ‘Anthropocene,’ scientists say The Washington Post
- Scientists now say a new epoch – the Anthropocene, marked by human impact on Earth – began in 1950s The Associated Press
- Crawford Lake Selected As Anthropocene's 'Golden Spike' Barron's
- Scientists Choose Crawford Lake to Represent Start of Anthropocene Epoch The New York Times
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