The age of man: when it began and when will end Scientists have proposed to introduce into scientific use a new geological era — the anthropocene, that is, the era of active human impact on the planet. Here only it is unclear what exactly to count. MOSCOW, 5 Feb — RIA Novosti, Tatiana Pichugina. Scientists have proposed to introduce into scientific use a new geological era — the anthropocene, that is, the era of active human impact on the planet. Here only it is unclear what exactly to count. Anthropogenic activity is now recognized as a force that deeply and permanently changing the earth system. This indicates that we have entered a geological epoch dominated by man, “the anthropocene,”researchers at the University of New South Wales (Australia)Scientific Reports Studying annual rings of trees on Campbell island in the Pacific ocean, scientists have discovered that in the atmosphere from 1950 to
