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Alejandro Cearreta, Catedrático de Paleontología, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch

Canada's Crawford Lake, in Ontario, was chosen for its pristine sediment record. SF photo/Shutterstock

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Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin?

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