Anthropocene: Are humans destorying Planet Earth?

A dark new chapter in the Earth’s geological history began when the first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, an international team of scientists has proposed.

Known as the ‘Anthropocene’, it marks the point in time when humans really began to change their planet — and not for the better.

The epoch, which is still in its infancy, will in centuries to come be recognised by what experts call a ‘Great Acceleration’ of population, carbon emissions, extinctions, and environmental upheaval both on land and in the oceans.