Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Welcome to the Anthropocene



We are (sort of) officially in a new era, and the good news is it's not the Age of Aquarius. It's the Anthropocene! Here is a recent Scientific American article about it. The Anthropocene is an era dominated by human activities on the ecosystems. You can see all the activities in the above video that shows all the global transport routes that connect our planet. Below is a picture of the same:

H/T Gizmodo

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