Mercy me: Photos show what humans have done to the planet in the Anthropocene age

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/29/ [login to see] /anthropocene-era-photos-earth-human-scars-planet
Scientists are calling it the Anthropocene era, or the age of the humans ("anthropos" is Greek for human), and argue that geologists should recognize it as a distinct chapter in Earth's history. But after more than a decade of investigation and debate, that won't happen, at least for now.