GEOG 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Infant Mortality, Carrying Capacity, Paul J. Crutzen
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Modified landscape can be sustainable (ex. rice paddies in china) Humans have always been transforming the environment; just depends on scale magnitude of change, or type (ex. Anthropocene: informal geologic term used to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had significant global impact on the earth"s ecosystems. Term coined by ecologist e. f. stoermer, popularized by atmospheric scientist paul. Anthropocene => anthro = man/human being, cene = new. Quarternary: period of the earth"s history characterized by numerous and cyclical glaciations starting 2,588,000 years ago. The time of early humans: holocene (11. 7 ka until about 1800 ad): At the end of the last ice age, 12,000 years ago, the ice gave way to temperate climates and humans were present on all continents. Officially we are still in the holocene: anthropocene: Relating to/denoting the current geological age, human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
