Anthropocene and Introduction to anthropogenic impact

Holocence

characterized by warmer temperate and more stable sea levels.

Geological Epoch

a time division based on big changes in Earth’s geology, climate, and life. / is the current geological epoch that is officially recognized by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

Paul Crutzen

who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1995 for his discovery of ozone layer depletion over Antarctica, argued that human activities since the Industrial Revolution have caused such extensive damage to the biosphere that the current Holocene epoch should be renamed the Anthropocene.

Anthropos (human) and cene (new)

Anthropocene means

technological prograss, population growth

Causes of anthropocene

anthropocene 1 (the industrial revolution), anthropocence 2 (age of acceleration) and anthropocene 3 (sustainocene)

3 phases of anthropocene

nutrition gap, Homo sedentarius,Continued Deforestation, Species extinction, Ocean Acidification, Global Pollution and Warming, Ozone Layer Depletion, Peak Fish and Peak Oil.

Characteristic of the anthropocene

Business-as-usual, Mitigation, Geo-engineering

3 possible solution of anthropocene

Business-as-usaul

Human-driven changes will not disrupt the global economy or societies

Mitigation

Improved technology and social organization, Wiser use of resources, Control of human and animal population.

Geo-engineering

Geo-engineering proposed technological interventions in the Earth’s climate system.

Social Ecology

consider a fourth path

Anthropogenic

means "having its origin in the influence of human activity on Nature " / refer to the influence of human activities on the natural environment.

Population Growth,Urbanization, Waste Disposal, Overfishing, Deforestation

Causes and sources of anthropogenic impact

Climate Change, Loss of Biodiversity, Land Degradation, Pollution

Major anthropogenic impact

Smog, Ozone depletion, Acid rain, Greenhouse effect, pollutants

Specific factors of anthropogenic impact

Pollutants

Scientists classify the separate types of air pollution, called