Crawford Lake chosen as the primary marker to identify the start of the Anthropocene epoch
Annual sediment samples from the Crawford Lake site. Credit: University of Southampton An international team of researchers has chosen the location which best represents the beginnings of what could be a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene Working Group have put forward Crawford Lake, in Canada, as a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point
Nancie Michaud
July 17, 2023