Essays on Anthropocene

Introduction

Every parent envisions a future where their children and grandchildren live in a rich and resourceful environment that essentially provides them with everything that they need to survive. However, what if parents were informed of a pending doom where their children will live in an extremely toxic environment where there aren't enough basic resources such as fresh drinking water or where the climate is comprised of harsh conditions that threaten their lives on a daily basis? What if they were informed that by the time their children are adults, a diverse range of the existing species of animals will ...

Yes, I am aware of the age of the Anthropocene. As has been widely discussed by global scientists, the influence of humans on the earth’s environment is significant. These activities have led to what has widely been termed as global warming, triggered by higher concentrations of Methane and CO2 in the atmosphere. Humans have introduced new changes from a geological perspective such as the production of roughly 300m metric tons of plastic each year . The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) is the organ that decides the age or the time period that we live in . The process of ...

Global environmental systems are networks which compose the surroundings in which living things cohabit, and which constitute the planetary arena as we know it. Examples of global systems include the atmosphere, Cryosphere, biosphere and oceans. The global environmental system is intertwined with ecosystems, culture, economics, and societies. These are in turn related to other phenomena, which are dynamic in nature. These dynamic and natural systems vary in nature, found in a given period of time, and closely based on the existing global human activities, as Steffen et al. (2004) alludes. An example would be our current natural environment: the monsoonal ...