Holocene

began to develop a more smooth texture, needed for swimming. This is where we discover the genus Meiolania (“small roamer”). The species within Meiolania have been known to be on earth until about 2000-3000 years ago living between the Oligocene-Holocene eras and it mainly resided within Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu varying in different sizes while in different areas. Meiolania had a very unusually shaped skull that hosted many knob and horn like bulges. With two large…

(Siebert 58). We have all heard of volcanoes before but do you really know about them? A preferred title for “active volcanoes” is a “Holocene volcano” or “historically active.” There are even Holocene volcanoes on the sea floor, and some Holocene volcanoes go way back such as Italy’s Stromboli, this volcano has been erupting for over a thousand years! Holocene means the past 10,000 thousand years and there have been roughly 1,300 eruptions since then and maybe even 1,500. No one is certain how…

For almost twelve thousand years, our planet lived in an analogously stable epoch named Holocene by the scientists (McNeill and Engelke 1). Holocene (entirely new) period is impressively highlighted for its cultural and anthropomorphic spirits as the main advancements of humanity took place specifically at this period of human history. Holocene epoch is also known for the valuable works of art and literature that were created during this period. The stable climate…

Part II of Thomas Friedman’s book Thank you for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations revolves around the accelerating forces of technology, globalization and climate change, which are driving the “Machine.” A term used by the author to describe “the world’s biggest gears and pulleys [that] are shaping events.” In chapter 6, Friedman uses “Mother Nature” as an umbrella term to refer to climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth and he argues that…

Geologic time scales often last thousands of years, and it is easy to tell when they begin and end. The current geologic time scale has present day humans living in the Holocene period which began almost 12,000 years ago. Recent debate has begun, however, that proposes a new period. Since humans have had such a large effect on the Earth, especially in the last few hundred years, various scientists want to see this period of human effects as its own section on the geologic time scale. This…

So, The Quaternary period is characterized by several periods of glaciation. It is believed to start about 1.8 million years ago. This Time period is also known for its time of change. This period is divided into two epochs the Pleistocene and the Holocene. It is thought that the Woolly Mammoths still existed at the beginning of this period. Some environments were altered because of the several periods of glaciation and some animals and plants did survive but not all. In other words, glaciation…

effects of climate change; however, Steffen et al. focus on human influence on CO2 levels and their negative impact on the climate, while Idso et al. argue that climate change is naturally occurring and can be beneficial. The transition from the Holocene to the Anthropocene…

Would people recognize the difference between “active volcano” and “Holocene volcano?” Well there is no difference, people just use the term “active” wrong. Scientist say that, “...it is misleading to restrict “active volcano” to recorded human memories: we prefer to add another identifying word (“historically active” or “Holocene volcano”).” People are probably confused on what these terms actually mean because no one would see the difference or wouldn’t care. Volcanoes are very old, they…

Scale. In this time scale the periods of time have been divided and called epoch(s). Each epoch has a name and the one humans are in is called Anthropocene, but in order to understand more about the current epoch the previous epoch must be known. The Holocene, the previous epoch, was when humanity started to have results of how hunaity effects Earth.…

Bourne, 2000a). Most of the scarps are reverse type, while a few others are thrust faults formed at local scale. A study by K.R. Miles (1952a) on northeastern Eyre Peninsulahas has identified surfaces bearing a calcrete duricrust of Pleistocene or Holocene age being affected by faults. A view of one of these offset is seen in an old mine tunnel to actually be a reverse fault type (Dunham,…