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Geologic epochs are super long time spans visible in rocks. Three million years is a long time and earth’s climate can be deduced in the chemistry of the layers. Climate is generally understood to be measured as an average of 30 years of weather. Weather being what we experience daily and throughout a year.
Humans and our recent activity of consuming fossil fuels has reached levels that are now affecting the geological record. Recorded in the rocks. Wow that is something.
Makes sense since 7.5 billion people consume a lot of products and create a lot of waste. The planet has a plague upon it. And it’s us. Still, it is hard to imagine that our impact will last millions of years.
The Anthropocene is an idea that is hard to believe. But it doesn’t matter what we believe or don’t believe. The inevitable trends in climate are unstoppable. Maybe we will course correct and blunt the worst. But the worst will be bad, very bad. Probably horrific.