The Anthropocene and the Near Future: Crash Course Big History #9
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about the Anthropocene, an unofficial geological era that covers the last century or so, in which humanity has made massive progress....
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Hi, I'm John Green, this is Crash Course Big History and today we're going to talk about the Anthropocene. Mr. Green! Mr. Green! Anthropocene? What does that even mean? That sounds like gibberish. No, Me From the Past, your tenth grade essays were gibberish. The Anthropocene is a word derived from the Greek word for human. Like you know how anthropologists study humans? Well, the Anthropocene is an unofficial geologic era where humans have an immense influence over the biosphere. But I want to emphasize that it is unofficial because geologists are a vicious and terrifying bunch and the word is not official until they say it's official. But even if it's not yet a word, the underlying concept is very useful. So due to the intensification o...
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Hi, I'm John Green, this is Crash Course Big History and today we're going to talk about the Anthropocene. Mr. Green! Mr. Green! Anthropocene? What does that even mean? That sounds like gibberish. No, Me From the Past, your tenth grade essays were gibberish. The Anthropocene is a word derived from the Greek word for human. Like you know how anthropologists study humans? Well, the Anthropocene is an unofficial geologic era where humans have an immense influence over the biosphere. But I want to emphasize that it is unofficial because geologists are a vicious and terrifying bunch and the word is not official until they say it's official. But even if it's not yet a word, the underlying concept is very useful. So due to the intensification o...
