5 Ways Humans Have Changed The Earth
We are approaching a whole new era! . . .or at least a new epoch. Michael Aranda explains how humans are leaving their mark on the Geologic Time Scale.
Hosted by: Michael Aranda
———-
Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters — we couldn’t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Fatima Iqbal, John Murrin, Linnea Boyev, and Kathy & Tim Philip.
———-
Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow
Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/scishow
———-
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
Sources:
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/351/6269/aad2622.abstract
http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
http://quaternary.stratigraphy.org/workinggroups/anthropocene/
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/scientists-believe-earth-is-now-in-the/7075730
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28741-marks-of-the-anthropocene-7-signs-we-have-made-our-own-epoch/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-the-anthropocene-and-are-we-in-it-164801414/?no-ist
http://www.livescience.com/25332-anthropocene-humans-geologic-era.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/histgeoscale.php
http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2014/10/what-s-in-a-name-the-anthropocene-debate-begins
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/humanitys-impact-on-earth-opens-anthropocene-epoch-scientists-say-20160107-gm1nwt.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428666-200-why-we-should-care-about-our-nitrogen-footprint/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/extinction_events/Permian%E2%80%93Triassic_extinction_event
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/june/mass-extinction-ehrlich-061915.html
Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agaricocrinus_americanus_Carboniferous_Indiana.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_household_items.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concreteathruz.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aluminium-4.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale#/media/File:Geologic_Clock_with_events_and_periods.svg
