We have entered a new geological epoch — made by us

Humans have so altered the physics and biological processes of the Earth that more scientists concur we are moving from one geological epoch, the Holocene, to a new one, called the Anthropocene, with a sixth great extinction already underway.

Diminished snowpack in US west spells trouble

Human-caused global warming is causing the snowpack in the western United States to decline. A water crisis looms. Ecological hope depends upon our willingness to stop growth that is completetly unsustainable.

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