nitrogen footprint

CLIMATE CRISIS

Human impact has pushed Earth into the Anthropocene, scientists say

8th March 2016

A new study provides one of the strongest cases yet that Earth has entered a new geological epoch. The question of whether humans’ environmental impact has tipped Earth into an “Anthropocene” – ending the current Holocene which began 12,000 years ago – will be put to the geological body that formally approves such time divisions….

Read More about Human impact has pushed Earth into the Anthropocene, scientists say

CLIMATE CRISIS

NEWS UPDATE #84

24th February 2016

January was the globe’s most unusually warm month ever recorded, and the past three months have been the most unusually warm three-month period on record as well, according to NASA. It is the combination of manmade global warming and a record strong El Niño that’s bumped up temperatures to never-before-seen levels since at least 1880….

Read More about NEWS UPDATE #84