The Anthropocene became part of the spirit of our time after Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. It is the notion that an increasing increase in human impacts recently led the Earth to emerge from the relatively stable climate conditions of the Holocene era - during which human civilization developed and flourished -, giving rise to a new kind of planet. Read more (09/28/2026)
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The Anthropocene became part of the spirit of our time after Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. It is the notion that an increasing increase in human impacts recently led the Earth to emerge from the relatively stable climate conditions of the Holocene era - during which human civilization developed and flourished -, giving rise to a new kind of planet. Read more (09/28/2026)