This idea that we've entered a new Anthropocene Epoch was first proposed in 2002.

“我们已经进入了一个新的人类世”这一观点最初是在2002年提出的。

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There is growing evidence that the presence of humans has altered the Earth so much that a new Epoch of geologic history has begun—the Anthropocene Epoch, a new human-influenced Epoch.

有越来越多的证据表明，人类的存在使地球发生了巨大的变化，地质史上的一个新时代已经开始了——即人世时代，一个受人类影响的新时代。

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In fact, there's a name for the informal geologic epoch they say human activity has caused — the Anthropocene.

事实上，他们给这种人类活动引起的非正式地质时期起了个名字—“人类纪”。

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Recognition was given to the fact that human activity had driven the planet into a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which many Earth-system processes and the living fabric of ecosystems are now dominated by human activities.

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Noting that we are now in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, as humans are the major changing force of the Earth system, she explained that the answers provided by technological solutions can only go so far it they do not come with social transformation as well.

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