A study has revealed that the substantial retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) approximately 9,000 years ago was driven by a self-reinforcing feedback loop between ice melt and ocean ...

A prestigious committee of modern geologists has issued the scientific verdict on the academic debate over Holocene vs. Anthropocene. They declare that Gaia, our beloved Earth, remains in the ...

An Iranian volcano long thought extinct may be showing signs of activity after thousands of years. The Taftan volcano, ...

Over at the excellent blog Centauri Dreams, Paul Glister considers the recent proposal that humans have inaugurated a new geological epoch. He writes: “Geologists at the University of Leicester, ...

New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

Climate warming may cause peatlands in Estonia and the rest of the Baltic states to shift from vital carbon sinks to emission ...

When people talk about the “Anthropocene,” they typically picture the vast impact human societies are having on the planet, from rapid declines in biodiversity to increases in Earth’s temperature by ...

The Jinlin impact crater in south China's Guangdong Province has been confirmed as the largest known crater on Earth since the Holocene period, which spans from 11,700 years ago to the present, the ...

Launching on September 5th at Modernism Inc., the Pioneers of the Greater Holocene will systematically catalogue places in the Bay Area where attributes of the Holocene still endure, from Muir Woods ...