There is growing scientific evidence that, as a result of increasing anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, absorption of CO2 by the oceans has already noticeably increased the average oceanic acidity from pre-industrial levels. This global threat requires a global response. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), continuing CO2 emissions in line with current t...

There is growing scientific evidence that, as a result of increasing anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, absorption of CO2 by the oceans has already noticeably increased the average oceanic acidity from pre-industrial levels. This global threat requires a global response. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), continuing CO2 emissions in line with current t...

Humans are now described as a global geologic force. The Anthropocene, a period that begins concurrent with the industrial revolution, is characterized with steep line graphs of human population, water use, biodiversity loss, nitrogen run off, atmospheric carbon dioxide, etc. (Steffen et al. 2011). The data irrefutably establish humans as the dominant driver of environmental change and have led...

In this contribution, some salient insights emerging from multi-disciplinary discourse on the so-called Anthropocene are noted. These touch briefly stratigraphical markers, disturbances in Earth system, dating “Anthropocene”, identifying its root causes, naming “Anthropocene” as such, assessing and concomitant responses to “Anthropocene”. response, four clusters of challenges posed by such Chri...