The New World of the Anthropocene

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTThe New World of the Anthropocene1The Anthropocene, following the lost world of the Holocene, holds challenges for both science and society.Jan Zalasiewicz*, Mark Williams, Will Steffen, and Paul CrutzenView Author Information Department of Geology, University of Leicester, U.K. Department of Geology, University of Leicester, U.K. and British Geological Survey, Nottingham, U.K. Australian National University, Canberra Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany1Editor's Note: This manuscript was submitted prior to ES&T changing its manuscript parameters for Viewpoints. For the new format, please read the details athttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es903081n.Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, 7, 2228–2231Publication Date (Web):February 25, 2010Publication History Published online25 February 2010Published inissue 1 April 2010https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es903118jhttps://doi.org/10.1021/es903118jnewsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2010 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views58944Altmetric-Citations526LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Agriculture,Physical and chemical processes,Radiometric dating,Testing and assessment Get e-Alerts