After years of debate, the International Chronostratigraphic Chart has officially been revised. What does that mean, exactly? Our current point in Earth's geological timeline has been updated so that ...
Jurassic, Pleistocene, Precambrian. The named times in Earth’s history might inspire mental images of dinosaurs, trilobites, or other enigmatic animals unlike anything in our modern world. Labels like ...
An influential panel of scientists voted this week to designate a new geologic epoch—the Anthropocene—to mark the profound ways that humans have altered the planet. That decision, by the 34-member ...