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Anthropocene  

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  • The latest episode in Earth’s history characterised by the dominance of human impacts on many of the processes affecting the geo-ecology of the Earth. The term was coined in the year 2000 by P.J. Crutzen and E. Stoermer to cover approximately the time interval since the industrial revolution (i.e. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; Anthropocene]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DFBS9879-L

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