“Beppu Bay is a silent witness to how significantly human activity has disturbed ... Geologists have assigned the present time to the Holocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period, part of the ...

Technically, the current epoch is the Holocene, but human activity has altered the world so significantly, that, with our usual species-centric perspective, we have shunned hubris and given the ...

As a result, our planet has transitioned from the Holocene Epoch to a new geological epoch ... We polluted both these heavenly orbs, which not a single human inhabits, though not to the extent ...

Researchers identified the fossil as Glyptodon reticulatus, a megafauna species from the Late Pleistocene epoch.

Holocene: The current geological epoch, which began approximately 11,700 years ago, following the end of the last Ice Age, marked by the development of human civilizations. Endemic species ...

Holocene: The current geological epoch, which began approximately 11,700 years ago, characterized by the development of human civilizations. Pollen-based reconstruction: A method used to infer ...

Since the Holocene epoch, global changes have been remarkable and human activities have been intense. The lake environment in ...

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The UK has been declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) - and bird "gatherings" have been banned in England and Wales in response to rising cases of bird flu. Strains of the virus have ...