When discussing a controversial topic with one’s peers, it is very easy to accept the general consensus of the group.…
I wasn’t able to follow the first reading by Stefen, but when I started reading Kolbert’s “Enter the Anthropocene…
From my own understanding of human impact on our environment and after having read the pieces by Steffen, Kolbert, and…
I think we should absolutely accept the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic time scale. To not actively address and take…
Stratigraphy is the study of finding the position and order of geological and archaeological remains in the strata of the…
The International Commission on Stratigraphy is voting on whether or not to add the Anthropocene epoch to the geological time…
I believe I would vote yes, that the Anthropocene should be added as its own epoch. This is going to…
From what I took away from the sources I would say that I would consider accepting the Anthropocene epoch after at least a few…
I would reject the Anthropocene because of the inability for scientists to agree on whether it’s actually a thing. I…
Honestly, this matter has me feeling pretty conflicted. Originally, as I’m sure all people who were raised on Americans values…
If I was the International Committee on Stratigraphy, I would vote to adopt the Anthropocene epoch because after reading Steffen,…
I would indeed agree with the creation of the Anthropocene era to describe the impact that our species has had…
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If I had an important role and vote on the International Commission of Stratigraphy I would reject this new epoch…
The International Commission on Stratigraphy is supposed to decide on whether or not to include the Anthropocene epoch to the…
The Anthropocene, as defined by Will Steffen, is “the current epoch in which humans and our societies have become a…
I would vote to accept and implement the new epoch to the calendar. I also agree that after WW2 would…
The Anthropocene should be added to the geologic calendar. Steffan et al. defines the Anthropocene as a time in which…
Just as we have discussed in class, it is impossible to separate nature and society at this point and there…
In my opinion, the ICS ought to recognize the Anthropocene as the official modern epoch, and I would vote as…
In my opinion, I really enjoyed reading and researching about this topic because I will be using this as…
I would reject the commission because I don’t think that global warming is not the human races fault. Global warming…
If I had a vote, I would accept the Anthropogenic Epoch to the geological time scale, like both authors claim,…
The Anthropocene is a fitting name and needs to be accepted as the new epoch. The new era should be…
1.I would accept adding a new epoch to the geological calendar. I think it should begin in now rather than…
I would definitely vote to define the epoch we are in now as the Anthropocene. Not only is there evidence…
The term “Anthropocene” is a word that is used to describe a new geological epoch that some believe we are…
I would vote to add the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic time scale. From previous Earth Science/Geology classes, I have…
If I had the ability to vote on whether a new epoch should be added to the geological calendar, I…
If I had a vote on the commission, I would vote for accepting this new epoch to our geographic calendar.…
If I had a vote on the The International Commission on Stratigraphy about whether to formally adopt the Anthropocene epoch…
If I had to decide whether or not to add the Anthropocene epoch onto the geologic time scale, it would be…
This week’s readings have been very thought provoking as they discuss the many different sides of when did humans successful…
If I had a vote on the committee, I would vote yes to adding the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic…
I would accept adding this to our geological calendar as the impact humans have had on earth for the short…
The Anthropocene, viewed as the period where human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment, is…
I would have to vote in favor of declaring a new epoch on the geological calendar. Based on the readings…
The question of whether we should adopt a new epoch to the geological time scale, the Anthropocene, is quite interesting.…
I would accept it as a new epoch to the geological calendar since there is essentially no doubt that the…
If I had a vote on the commission I would most likely accept adding this new epoch to the geological…
It is hard to argue against the scientific data that shows the immense impact humans have had on our planet.…
The extent of human impact in modern-day goes far beyond that of any species thus far; with massive industrialization and…
If I had a vote on the commission, I would accept the adding of the Anthropocene epoch. I would date…
“Many stratigraphers have come to believe that we are such an event–that human beings have so altered the planet in…
If I had to vote on weather or not the Anthropocene should be an epoch to the geological time scale,…
The geologic time scale is something that has been edited and changed since it was created by geologists hundreds of…
If I had a vote on the commission contemplating the formal addition of the Anthropocene epoch to the geological time…
Evidence has shown that there has been dramatic impacts of human activity on the environment in the last few centuries.…
Looking at the geologic calendar and how epochs are created, I would definitely accept the Anthropocene as a new epoch.…
I do think the Anthropocene epoch should be added to the geological time scale. The rapid changes that have occurred…
If I got a vote on this board I would want to add the Anthropocene epoch because it represents a…
Geological times scales mark geological strata to time, and show the relationships of events that occur during Earth’s time. I…
When it comes to the International Commission on Stratigraphy deciding on formally adoption the Anthropocene epoch to the geological time…
I believe that the decision to mark the Anthropocene epoch on the geological time scale should be accepted. As said…
When it comes to the formal adoption of the Anthropocene epoch to our geologic time scale, I would vote to…
In the Steffen, Crutzen and McNeill article the definition of Anthropocene is given. It reads, “The term Anthropocene suggests that…
The Anthropocene epoch should absolutely be added to the geological calendar. While the three authors don’t seems to agree on…
Personally, if I were voting on whether to approve adding the Anthropocene to the geologic calendar, I would vote yes.…
If I was a part of The International Commission on Stratigraphy, I would add this new Anthropocene epoch to the…
If I was to vote on this new epoch and decide when it began, I would vote yes and believe…
The anthropocene is defined as the period of geological time in which humans have had a significant impact on the…
The international Commission on Stratigraphy has not yet officially approved the term Anthropocene as a recognized period in geological time.…
If I were to vote on the formal adoption of the Anthropocene epoch to the geological time scale, I would…
Similar to Harari’s cognitive evolution when the ruling power over our decisions shifted, the changes and events expressed on the…
If I were on the International Commission of Stratigraphy and I had to vote whether to adopt the Anthropocene, I…
If I was a member of the International Commission on Stratigraphy I would really vote to yes to accept this…
Kolbert’s article has a section debating when the Anthropocene epoch actually began and any one of the reasons would convince…
I would vote “Yes” to adding the Anthropocene epoch to the geological calendar. In my opinion, the Anthropocene should start…
Geological transformations initiated by humans will become very apparent in the future, as evidenced by the decline of forests and…
HST 207 – Science and Technology in World History Mary Hill Young 10/29/18 Adding an Anthropocene epoch to…
If I were on the International Commission on Stratigraphy, I’d vote for the “Anthropocene” as a legit epoch that began…
Knowing that the environment is at risk from the changing climate, I think it important that an appropriate decision is…
Humans undoubtedly have major effects on the environment. Malm explains that the onset of capitalism is the reason we…
The Anthropocene, according to Steffen’s article, emerged in the 1800s. The use of fossil fuels to usher in a new…
I would personally not vote to accept the Anthropocene into the the geologic time scale. There is a significant amount…
The Anthropocene epoch should be included in the geological calendar as it marks a period where carbon dioxide levels have…
From the reading, I have gathered that there are a few different ideas at play when considering weather or not…
If I had a vote on the commission to either accept or reject adding the Anthropocene to the geological calendar,…
I do believe we should include the Anthropocene epoch within our geologic time scale. There is no doubt the activity…
Currently, we are officially living in the Holocene epoch–with an epoch being a unit of time that, in the case…
If I had a vote on the commission about the adoption of the Anthropocene epoch and its addition to the…
If I had to vote on the decision on whether or not to add the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic…
If I had a vote on the International Commission on Stratigraphy I would vote to accept the formal adoption of…
Humans are undoubtedly changing the world environment, and among its effects are those that are obvious to us now—extreme weather…
I think I would vote for the the Anthropocene epoch part of the geological calendar. I think it is important…
If I was to vote on the commission I would pull from the Malm article and say that yes humanity…
I think that adding the Anthropocene as an official geologic era is a sound idea. Therefore, I would vote “yes”…
There is enough evidence in place to accept the addition of the Anthropocene epoch to the geological calendar. The impact…
The Anthropocene Epoch is the current geological time scale that we are living in and it is unrealistic to reject…
If I was put on the International Commission of Stratigraphy, I would most likely vote in favor of the Anthropocene…
Bryce Dawkins Paragraph 1: First off I want to say that these articles were at first difficult to understand and…
I would accept adding the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic time scale. “… the Earth has now left its natural…
I would accept this new epoch. I believe it should begin with the Industrial Revolution. The start of the Industrial…
In 1870 Antonio Stoppani started the tear Anthropocene epoch but I believed in stared before that in 1760 during the…