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Geologists have identified a site in Canada that they say could mark a new epoch called the Anthropocene. But not everyone agrees.

Scientists on Tuesday designated a small body of water near Toronto, Canada as ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch defined by humanity's massive and destabilising impact on the planet.  The heads of those bodies have thus far expressed sharp scepticism towards the Anthropocene, mostly on technical grounds.

Geologists have identified a site in Canada that they say could mark a new epoch called the Anthropocene. But not everyone agrees.

Scientists on Tuesday designated a small body of water near Toronto, Canada as ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch defined by humanitys massive and destabilising impact on the planet. Layered sediment at the bottom of Lake Crawford -- laced with microplastics, fly-ash sp ..

Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence. - A paradigm shift - Presented as recommendations, the fruit of the Working Group's long labours must now be validated by a gauntlet of sceptical, hard-nosed scientists at the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) and, higher up the food chain, the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).