The Great Acceleration is real and provides a quantitative basis for the proposed Anthropocene Series/Epoch

2021/11/15 by Martin J. Head, Will Steffen, David Fagerlind +13 · 2 citations
Energy · #Global Energy and Sustainability Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2021/021031

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Abstract

Martin J. Head, Will Steffen, David Fagerlind, Colin N. Waters, Clement Poirier, Jaia Syvitski, Jan A. Zalasiewicz, Anthony D. Barnosky, Alejandro Cearreta, Catherine Jeandel, Reinhold Leinfelder, J.R. McNeill, Neil L. Rose, Colin Summerhayes, Michael Wagreich, Jens Zinke. Episodes 2022;45:359-76. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2021/021031

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