Petrifying Earth Process: The Stratigraphic Imprint of Key Earth System Parameters in the Anthropocene

Zalasiewicz, Jan; Steffen, Will; Leinfelder, Reinhold; Williams, Mark; Waters, Colin N.

doi:10.1177/0263276417690587

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“…Therefore, most work in the geology and geosciences has concentrated on investigating the stratigraphic record of the Anthropocene (e.g. Waters et al, 2016; Zalasiewicz et al, 2017). The focus has been in the formal definition of a new epoch (Steffen et al, 2016).…”

Section: Different Anthropocene Approaches: Geological Biological Smentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, it was not until the 1990s that scientists gained proper technological tools to understand the operation of complex Earth systems as a whole and the pervasive human impact on them (see discussion in Hamilton and Grinevald, 2015, for a review). Interestingly, the recent discussion on the Anthropocene has also produced fruitful interaction between geology and ESS, suggesting possible synthesis between the two (Steffen et al, 2016;Zalasiewicz et al, 2017) Contemporary ESS uses a wide range of tools and interdisciplinary expertise in observing and modelling the dynamics of the Earth System as a whole. The holistic analysis of the dynamics of Earth System and its subsystems represents, for some, an emerging paradigm (e.g.…”

Section: The Antagonisms Of Interdisciplinarity: the Case Of Earth Symentioning

confidence: 99%

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The many Anthropocenes: A transdisciplinary challenge for the Anthropocene research

Toivanen

Lummaa

Majava³

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The Anthropocene Review

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The debate on the Anthropocene has become passionate during the past few years. This is partly because social scientists and humanists have adapted the concept creatively for their own research, as well as criticized the dominant role of natural sciences in defining the Anthropocene. We claim that to achieve a new level of transdisciplinarity it is vital for the Anthropocene research to fully acknowledge the theoretical, methodological and practical issues involved. We argue that inevitable as well as fruitful antagonisms can be identified between different disciplines and practices of trans- and interdisciplinary research improved by learning from these experiences. Here we analyze three ideas to enhance future transdisciplinary communication. First, we shed light on the current condition of transdisciplinarity in Anthropocene research by examining the challenges in Earth System science. Second, we widen the view on Anthropocene research by defining four different disciplinarily oriented research approaches to the Anthropocene: geological, biological, social, and cultural Anthropocene. Third, we reflect on the future challenges of merging these approaches into a new transdisciplinary Anthropocene research.

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Section: Different Anthropocene Approaches: Geological Biological Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Antagonisms Of Interdisciplinarity: the Case Of Earth Symentioning

confidence: 99%

The many Anthropocenes: A transdisciplinary challenge for the Anthropocene research

Toivanen

Lummaa

Majava³

et al. 2017

The Anthropocene Review

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“…Compared with all upward-trending Great Acceleration graphs, the Planetary Boundaries also provide some degree of hope as only some of the Boundaries are transgressed so far. Furthermore, the Planetary Boundaries are recorded as key indicators of long-term planetary habitability for humans, the importance of which should be clear to us all (Zalasiewicz et al, 2017).…”

Section: The True Significance Of the Anthropocenementioning

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Storytelling: From the early Anthropocene to the good or the bad Anthropocene

Kunnas

2017

The Anthropocene Review

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This paper examines whether the Anthropocene can be a helpful metaphor for holistic understandings of human impacts on the Earth. I argue that for this, splitting the Anthropocene into several consecutive stages would be helpful, and suggest a multistage Anthropocene: the early Anthropocene, the first acceleration phase, the post-1950 Great Acceleration, and finally the good or the bad anthropocene depending on whether humans take decisive action in time that ensures us staying within planetary boundaries. This reframing uses the power of storytelling by presenting a multifaceted picture of human agency in the Anthropocene, provides a deep framing that is positive and supports action, and provides clear signals on the direction in which we are moving. It puts humans back in their rightful place on Earth – as one of many species, although with large power for the good or the bad, and the responsibilities this brings.

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“…But the notion of human beings becoming a geological force needs unpacking, and here it is useful to distinguish between different ‘ways of knowing’ (Pickstone, 2000) involved in Anthropocene science (see also Zalasiewicz et al, forthcoming). ‘Anthropocene’ may be a term modelled on naming conventions developed in the geological community but it was first proposed by Earth system scientists (Crutzen and Stoermer, 2000), and rapidly became an important organizing framing for the Earth systems science community (e.g.…”

Section: Modernity and The Discovery Of Deep Timementioning

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The Anthropocene monument

Szerszynski

2017

European Journal of Social Theory

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In the Parthenon frieze, the time of mortals and the time of gods seem to merge. Dipesh Chakrabarty has argued that with the advent of the Anthropocene the times of human history and of the Earth are similarly coming together. Are humans entering the 'monumental time' of the Earth, to stand alongside the Olympian gods of the other geological forces? In this paper I first look at the cultural shifts leading to the modern idea of separate human and Earth histories. I examine the changing use of monuments to mediate between human and other temporalities. I explore the use of 'stratigraphic sections' as natural monuments to mark transitions between the major time units of Earth history, and the erection of intentional monuments nearby. I suggest that the Anthropocene, as a geological epoch-in-the-making, may challenge the whole system of monumental semiotics used to stabilise our way of thinking about deep time.

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Petrifying Earth Process: The Stratigraphic Imprint of Key Earth System Parameters in the Anthropocene

Cited by 43 publications

References 75 publications

The many Anthropocenes: A transdisciplinary challenge for the Anthropocene research

The many Anthropocenes: A transdisciplinary challenge for the Anthropocene research

Storytelling: From the early Anthropocene to the good or the bad Anthropocene

The Anthropocene monument

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