Antarctic Thesaurus
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Anthropocene
(Left) Shell plate development of the coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi, under current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. (Right) Incomplete shell plate growth under higher carbon dioxide concentrations. Photos: J. Cubillos, Australian Antarctic Division.
The Stockholm Memorandum concludes that we have entered a new geological era: the Anthropocene, where humanity has become the main driver of global change.