The new world of the Anthropocene.

By J. Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Will Steffen, P. Crutzen. Environmental Science and Technology, 2010

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On the merits of plant-based proteins for global food security: Marrying macro and micro perspectives (2011, background): “This imprint, mainly caused by forest clearing, was initiated long before the start of the industrial era, which Earth scientists now see as the beginning of the Anthropocene (Zalasiewicz et al., 2010).”
The Rise of Cheap Nature (2016, background): “Its title is grand—it is a Global Stratigraphic Section and Point, but more popularly it is known as a ‘golden spike’; it is the standard reference level for a geological time boundary” (Zalasiewicz et al. 2010, 2229, emphasis added).”
CTFS‐ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change (2015, background): “…around the globe has so pervasively influenced Earth’s climate, hydrology, biogeochemistry, land cover, and species diversity as to warrant classification of a new geologic period in Earth’s history – the Anthropocene (Schlesinger, 2012; Vitousek et al., 1997a; Zalasiewicz et al., 2010, 2011).”
Contemporary forest restoration: A review emphasizing function (2014, background): “In addition to anthropogenic alterations of global ecosystems (Foley et al., 2005; Kareiva et al., 2007; Ellis et al., 2013), the anticipated effects of global climate change suggest the future need for restoration will be even greater (Steffen et al., 2007; Zalasiewicz et al., 2010).”