How Humans Made the Anthropocene Biosphere

Humans modify the biosphere at an accelerating rate, directing evolution of species and ecosystems, trans-locating organisms across the globe, appropriating huge energy resources, and increasing biological interaction with technology. These changes have been unfolding for millennia, but have accelerated in the past two centuries. How might these patterns be reflected in the geological record? And, are the changes comparable in scale to those of deep time evolutionary transitions, with possible near-future trajectories that include mass extinction? For more information click here.Speaker: Professor Mark Williams, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester Respondent: Professor Iain McCalman, Co-Director Sydney Environment Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.