About that “not yet an Anthropocene” vote
A group of conservatives and ecomodernists opposed recognizing the Anthropocene as an official epoch in the Geological Time Scale by organizing an invalid vote.
The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
The proposal to declare the Anthropocene epoch starting in 1952 was rejected, but the ongoing impact of human societies on the planet is still undeniable and important to understand.
