<P> The term `` Anthropocene '' is used informally by popular culture and a growing number of scientists to describe the current epoch in which we are living . The term was coined by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in 2000 to describe the current time , in which humans have had an enormous impact on the environment . It has evolved to describe an `` epoch '' starting some time in the past and on the whole defined by anthropogenic carbon emissions and production and consumption of plastic goods that are left in the ground . </P>
<P> The term `` Anthropocene '' is used informally by popular culture and a growing number of scientists to describe the current epoch in which we are living . The term was coined by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in 2000 to describe the current time , in which humans have had an enormous impact on the environment . It has evolved to describe an `` epoch '' starting some time in the past and on the whole defined by anthropogenic carbon emissions and production and consumption of plastic goods that are left in the ground . </P>
what period of earth 's history are we in
what period of earth 's history are we in
Anthropocene
Anthropocene