Why is it that humans have to a aggrandize their own existence?
Quite possibly the best synonym for Anthropocene Epoch is death.
In 1922 British geologist Robert Lionel Sherlock (click here) published a book, Man as a Geological Agent: An Account of His Action on Inanimate Nature, that put forth what is now considered to be the central argument for recognizing the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch: the scale and character of human activities have become so great as to compete with natural geological and geophysical forces. One hundred and one years later geologists have broadly rallied around Sherlock's core idea, and the Anthropocene Working Group—a committee of scientists (including me) who report to the International Commission on Stratigraphy—has proposed Crawford Lake in Canada as the official site for marking the Anthropocene....
When the dinosaurs all died did they call it the Triassic Epoch? No, it is called the Triassic–Jurassic (Tr-J) extinction event (TJME).
See, that is what humans are on the brink of, extinction.
Ya know. A long time ago when scientists stated it was important to uphold life and maintain species integrity and diversity, they meant it. Why did they mean it? Because they were "tree huggers" and "left wing bleeding hearts?" No, because they knew if species of the natural world began to fail, die off and become extinct, humans would not be far behind.
So the idea that Earth is dominated by humans to the point where they change the environment is a very sad observation. Humans must learn to live with Earth as the planet it is, otherwise, it will be lost to dangerous conditions such as methane overload or it is just to hot to sustain life.
The last thing anyone in this world should be considering normal is the domination of human abuse and immorality when it comes to Earth and it's gaseous layers where humans live and breath. The human species needs to be far more reverent about the precious planet we have to live on. It should not be taken for granted.
