Behonld The New World of the Anthropocene

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Earth has entered into a new age. *applauds*

Geologists from the University of Leicester are among four scientists- including a Nobel prize-winner -- who suggest that Earth has entered a new age of geological time.

The Age of Aquarius? Not quite -- It's the Anthropocene Epoch, say the scientists writing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

And they add that the dawning of this new epoch may include the sixth largest mass extinction in Earth's history.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100326101117.htm

We're boned

Is this why all the calendars end in 2012?

Here's a link to the original article
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es903118j?cookieSet=1