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Are we in the Anthropocene yet?

Erle Ellis (Maryland): Ecology in an Anthropogenic Biosphere. Tim Stephens (Sydney): Disasters, International Environmental Law and the Anthropocene. James Ming Chen (Michigan State): Anthropocene Agricultural Law. Jason W. Moore (Binghampton): Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism. Post-capitalist ecologies: Alf Hornborg on energy, money and “value” in the Anthropocene. Simon Dalby (Wilfrid Laurier): Geopolitics in the Anthropocene. Simon Hailwood (Liverpool): Real Anthropocene Politics. Katrina Forrester reviews After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene by Jedediah Purdy (and more). Jonty Tiplady on theses on the philosophy of the fka-anthropocene, featuring Shia LaBeouf (and part 2). Viscous time in the anthropocene: What if the best source of news about the planetary effects of environmental damage was the planet itself? Generation Anthropocene: Robert Macfarlane on how humans have altered the planet for ever.

Are we in the Anthropocene yet? Zach St. George interviews Colin Waters and Lucy Edwards. Can we make the Anthropocene official yet? (and more) The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene.