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The Anthropocene is here — and tiny Crawford Lake has been chosen as the global ground zero

canadiangeographic.ca The Anthropocene is here — and tiny Crawford Lake has been chosen as the global ground zero

Hidden beneath the surface of this Ontario lake is an archive of the earth’s history sealed in mud

The Anthropocene is here — and tiny Crawford Lake has been chosen as the global ground zero

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  • I'm largely neutral on this one. Naming things is largely an exercise in taxonomy. In the end, it has no real practical relevance to the science itself what things are called. See also: does it matter to Pluto if it is a planet or not?

    But I guess there's some public outreach benefits.