In an interesting report just released, the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy rejected the idea of a "Anthropocene Epoch" in a 12-4 vote. For those that do not know, that is part of the International Commission on Stratigraphy. And that is the official international body of geologists that actually determines when geological epochs start and end. And as has been typical for the geologists, there has been absolutely no consensus among them at all about the existence of an "Anthropocene Epoch". https://www.theguardian.com/science...-anthropocene-an-epoch-descends-into-epic-row And I for one am more than happy to see this. Things like geological epochs should be based in hard geological science, and not by influence and pressure by people from outside of the geological community. For example, the current Quaternary Epoch is classified by several events 2.5 mya. Including the meeting of North and South America and rise of Central America, the emergence of the Straight of Bosporus and creation of the Black and Baltic Seas, and the start of our current ice age cycles. I particularly find that quote hilarious, as it is completely failing to recognize that was when the current ice age cycle was just starting to end. Because this is what the planet looked like less than 12 kya. I am not sure if I can take somebody or their claims seriously at all, when they claim that the past 11,700 years have been "stable". Notice how everything from Ireland to France is a single body of land. And how large Florida is, and little to no Gulf of California. And how massive the Bearing Land Bridge is, as well as most of the islands between Asia and Australia are a single large peninsula. Or even that the Falklands are directly connected to South America, and the Baltic might as well not even exist. And even Japan was just a peninsula and connected to the Asian mainland. If somebody thinks our planet has been "stable" since then, they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
