Researchers Propose Earth’s ‘Anthropocene’ Age of Humans Began With Fallout and Plastics
Posted on January 19, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsIn a paper published online this week by the journal Quaternary International, 26 members of the working group point roughly to 1950 as the starting point, indicated by a variety of markers, including the global spread of carbon isotopes from nuclear weapon detonations starting in 1945 and the mass production and disposal of plastics. (About six billion tons have been made, with a billon of those tons dumped and a substantial amount spread around the world’s seas.)
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