What is the Anthropocene and why does it matter? – Katie Pavid, Natural History Museum

We are living in a time many people refer to as the Anthropocene. Humans have become the single most influential species on the planet, causing significant global warming and other changes to land, environment, water, organisms and the atmosphere.

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