Holocene as Anthropocene
- Autori: CERTINI, Giacomo; SCALENGHE, Riccardo
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
- Tipologia: Lettera (Articolo in rivista)
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/142812
Abstract
Anthropocene seems a more reasonable name than Holocene for this combined time span, whose most characteristic trait is the human pressure on the planet. Holocene could possibly be the first stage of the Anthropocene, the one characterized by a soft and spotty human impact on Earth.