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What is the Anthropocene?

Humanity's increasingly permanent mark on the planet has spurred a new geological age in earth's history: the Anthropocene. Learn how we got to this point -- and what our footprint means to the future of the planet.

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Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it
15:42

Emma Marris

Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it

15 minutes 42 seconds
4 environmental 'heresies'
16:24

Stewart Brand

4 environmental 'heresies'

16 minutes 24 seconds
For more wonder, rewild the world
14:56

George Monbiot

For more wonder, rewild the world

14 minutes 56 seconds
Let the environment guide our development
17:53

Johan Rockström

Let the environment guide our development

17 minutes 53 seconds
The state of the climate — and what we might do about it
16:23

Lord Nicholas Stern

The state of the climate — and what we might do about it

16 minutes 23 seconds
A theory of Earth's mass extinctions
19:22

Peter Ward

A theory of Earth's mass extinctions

19 minutes 22 seconds
Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe
15:40

Kenneth Lacovara

Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe

15 minutes 40 seconds
Can we prevent the end of the world?
06:43

Martin Rees

Can we prevent the end of the world?

6 minutes 43 seconds
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