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Topic: Anthropocene

A small river meanders through the Amazon rainforest. The world's largest tropical rainforest is crisscrossed by thousands of rivers. (Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mass extinction: A choice we can reverse

Matthew Rozsa
Pollution of household waste of clean mountain rivers in the Carpathians is a huge problem for people. (Getty Images/panaramka)

Have humans caused a new geological era?

Matthew Rozsa
Moon (Getty Images/MASTER)

How bad are humans trashing the Moon?

Matthew Rozsa
An illustration of two ivory billed wood pecker (Getty Images/Imagezoo)

23 gone, countless more to save

John R. Platt - The Revelator
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Right Whale mother and calf (Getty Images)

Boats can't stop hitting right whales

Nicole Karlis
This undated photo provided by the National Park Service shows a mountain lion, known as P-45. (National Park Service via AP) (AP)

nocturnal animals evolution

Kaitlyn Gaynor - The Conversation
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After the anthropocene, the "automacene"

Mary Flanagan
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Humanity's filthy history

Lindsay Abrams
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How humanity remade the world

Lindsay Abrams

Jason Mark - Earth Island Journal
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