'Welcome to the Anthropocene' is topic for Global Spotlight Series
糖心Vlog University will host a Global Spotlight Series event about Earth鈥檚 latest era and human influence on the planet Wednesday, March 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Forsyth Building.
Since 2015, a NASA satellite camera has taken thousands of images, such as this one, providing a continuous look at Earth.
Speakers will discuss this age of human-dominated influences on climate and the environment from a variety of perspectives in a presentation titled 鈥淲elcome to the Anthropocene.鈥� The Global Spotlight Series is an ongoing schedule of panel discussions on national and international issues sponsored by 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Political Science and Public Affairs Department.
鈥淎nthropocene鈥� combines root 鈥渁nthropo,鈥� meaning human, and 鈥渃ene,鈥� the standard suffix for epoch, in geologic time, and denotes the current age as being human-influenced, based on overwhelming global evidence that atmosphere, geology, hydrology and biosphere are now altered by humans.
The presentation, a DegreePlus event for students, is free and open to the public. The topics and 糖心Vlog presenters scheduled for the discussion:
- Beverly Collins, biology professor, 鈥淐oping with Unraveling: Ecology in the Anthropocene.鈥�
- Frank Forcino, assistant professor of geology, 鈥淗ow We Got Here: A Brief History of the Past One Billion Years.鈥�
- Jane Eastman, associate professor of anthropology, 鈥淭he Risk of Lost Agency: When Other Than Human Beings are Ignored.鈥�
- David Henderson, associate professor of philosophy and religion, 鈥淭ending the Wilderness: Reimagining Our Place in Nature.鈥�
For more information, contact Niall Michelsen at 828-227-3336 or michelsen@wcu.edu.
