Climate and Environmental History Seminar: Kevin Noone and Alasdair Skelton
”Challenging the rejection of the Anthropocene from a geological perspective”.
Professor Alasdair Skelton (Department of Geological Sciences), and Professor Emeritus Kevin Noone (Department of Environmental Science), presents at the seminar.
Photo portraits, from left: Alasdair Skelton (by Caroline Falkman), and Kevin Noone (private).
Abstract
The proposal to name the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch was recently rejected by the International Union of Geological Sciences. In this talk, we argue that if a consistent scientific logic were applied to the Anthropocene and the other epochs in the Cenozoic Era, either
several of the recognized epochs should be struck from the record, or that the Anthropocene should be granted epoch status.
"Anthropocene". Illustration: Susanne Hjerp.
About the seminar
Conveners: Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Martin Skoglund, and Iva Lučić.
Zoom link: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/64752713232
For information about the seminar, e-mail: fredrik.c.l@historia.su.se
Last updated: 2026-05-06
Source: Department of History