Posted on 01/28/2008 8:31:22 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Scientists want rewrite of Earth's time line
By Leigh Dayton
January 29, 2008 02:00am Article from: The Australian
A HEATED scientific row is brewing as British geoscientists lead a push to establish a new chapter in the history of Earth - one based on human activity.
Led by geologist Jan Zalasiewicz, of the University of Leicester, the rabble-rousers argue that changes wrought since the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago are so profound they are now visible in the physical and living fabric of the planet.
As a result, they have called for the creation of a new Epoch in the official geological time scale, one they have named the Anthropocene.
Along with Eons, Eras, Periods and Ages, Epochs are classifications of Earth history based on characteristic changes in the layers, or strata, of rocks.
Writing in the latest issue of GSA Today, a publication of the Geological Society of America, Dr Zalasiewicz and 20 like-minded experts claim there is "sufficient evidence" of human-induced changes to plants, animals, oceans and lands to warrant recognition of the Anthropocene by the official geological time lords, the International Commission on Stratigraphy. Their proposal came at the same time as the American Geophysical Union at the weekend released its updated position on climate change.
As the AGU represents the largest society of Earth and space scientists, the statement lent weight to the case for the Anthropocene. In its position, posted online, the AGU says: "The Earth's climate is now clearly out of balance and is warming. With climate change ... the human footprint on Earth is apparent."
Detailed scientific arguments for designation of the Anthropocene are expected to be thrashed out in August at the 33rd International Geological Congress meeting in Oslo, Norway.
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Who pays their salaries?
They need to be defunded.
Oh Jeeze! We are all going to die. First we were going to freeze to death and now we are going to die of the heat. The people telling this lie are going to feel some heat all right.
yesterday history channel had a documentary which said thousands of years ago there were NO POLAR ICE CAPS.
back when the continents were more close to each other.
How do these dweebs KNOW we are not returning to a NORMAL state?
No discussion of creationism in classrooms but this pagan-socialist religious nonsense gets “scientific” approval.
I just love mob ruled science...not really.
How deep is the strata of rock that has been laid down over the past 200 years?
Here again, they delude themselves; by creating a lens through which to view the current state of the planet they seek to engender a desire to return to a more pristine earth.
Yet, they pay no heed to the obvious fact that if actions could be taken to do exactly that, that the planet would be disturbed once again by precisely the same degree of energy expended as before.
The only solution to their dilemma is the encouraged attrition of mankind itself through force or mass delusion.
Forget global warming, global insanity is the real threat.
They are perfectly willing for you to pay that price.
MN is going to see an 80 degree cooling swing over the next 18-20hrs....we are doing our part. ;-)
“The Earth’s climate is now clearly out of balance and is warming. With climate change ... the human footprint on Earth is apparent.”
“Earth: Love it or leave it.”
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