The Anthropocene (/ˈænθrəpəˌsiːn, ænˈθrɒpə-/ AN-thrə-pə-seen, an-THROP-ə-)[failed verification] is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth´s geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change.[10][11][12]
As of July 2022[update], neither the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) nor the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) has officially approved the term as a recognised subdivision of geologic time,[13][14] although the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the ICS voted in April 2016 to proceed towards a formal golden spike (GSSP) proposal to define the Anthropocene epoch in the geologic time scale (GTS) and presented the recommendation to the International Geological Congress in August 2016.[15] In May 2019, the AWG voted in favour of submitting a formal proposal to the ICS by 2021,[16] locating potential stratigraphic markers to the mid-20th century of the common era.[17][16][18] This time period coincides with the start of the Great Acceleration, a post-WWII time period during which socioeconomic and Earth system trends increase at a dramatic rate,[19] and the Atomic Age.
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