With California entering its fourth year of severe drought
and the planet having its warmest August and September since records began in
1880, one scientist at NASA’s Institute for Space Studies said in 2014 that the
warm data points “point toward the long-term trends.”[1]
At the time, scientists were already claiming that the planet had entered a new
era—that of the Anthropocene—noted for the impact of the homo sapiens species
in altering Earth. The implications are profound, even if the huge shift has
not fully registered in human consciousness.
Source: “The
Age of Humans.”
[1]
Nick Visser, “The
Planet Just Had Its Warmest August on Record,” The Huffington Post,
September 15, 2014.
