Equation for measure the impact of human activity on the Earth system

Humans are a very important factor in the Earth system...

Co-researcher Professor Will Steffen from ANU said the study for the first time came up with a mathematical equation to describe the impact of human activity on the Earth system, known as the Anthropocene equation.

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Humans affect Earth system more than natural forces

The Anthropocene equation - Feb 10, 2017

Planet earth megafauna in darger

The big animals continue their extinction...

59% of the world's largest carnivores (more than or equal to 15 kilograms, n = 27) and 60% of the world's largest herbivores (more than or equal to 100 kilograms, n = 74) are classified as threatened with extinction on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (supplemental tables S1 and S2). 

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Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

Water shortages in near future...

Water shortages in Asia near 2050...

Economic and population growth on top of climate change could lead to serious water shortages across a broad swath of Asia by the year 2050, a newly published study by MIT scientists has found.

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Water problems in Asia’s future? | MIT News

Lunar terraforming

NASA new project will user a crater on the Moon for create "habitat area" for robots and humans.

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NASA IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING TERRAFORMING PART OF THE MOON WITH ROBOTS | Popular Science

Humans race faces to Sixth great extinction

When other species on the planet are disappearing at an alarming rate is time to question if we (humans) could survive to this process.

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Will Humans Survive the Sixth Great Extinction? - National Geographic

Humans are running out of water resources.

More than half of Earth’s 37 largest aquifers are being depleted, according to gravitational data from the GRACE satellite system.



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Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE - Richey - 2015 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library

New NASA data show how the world is running out of water - The Washington Post

Ocean and plastic... a huge problem.

Scientist very worried about plastic pollution in Oceans.

Plastic is a human-made material. There is no other specie in the planet that use this kind of material... is a big problem for our planet and the humans have to revert this mistake.

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Millions of Tons! Scientists Tally Up Plastic Pollution in Oceans - NBC News.com
The trash vortex | Greenpeace International
The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution

Anthropocene

The humans are changing the planet... and of course the humans have a "tag" for this "situation".

"You will not know when are you making history... until your are history"

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Humanity's Legacy May Be The Miles Of Holes We've Dug - Business Insider