The natural carbon cycle described in the last section has been greatly influenced by human activity. Human intervention in the global carbon cycle is so large that it is often referred to as a new geologic epoch, “The Anthropocene” (Kolbert, 2011; Crutzen 2002). This epoch, however, has not yet been officially approved as a subdivision of geologic time.
The beginning of Anthropocene is debated widely by the scientific community (Waters and Turner, 2022). Its start could be as early as 8,000 years ago when, as suggested by Ruddiman (2003), human activities saved us...
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