geologic epoch

基本解释

Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems.
科学家称人类开始对全球水系统造成重大破坏，一个新的地质时期由此开始了。
If we have indeed entered a new epoch, then when exactly did it begin? When did human impacts rise to the level of geologic significance?
如果我们确实迈进了新的世，那么是什么时候开始的，什么时候人类的影响会达到地质学重要意义的程度？
It’s a new name for a new geologic epoch—one defined by our own massive impact on the planet. That mark will endure in the geologic record long after our cities have crumbled.
这是一个对于新的地质时代的一个新名词，人类对自己居住的星球所给予的巨大的影响极好的诠释这个名称，即使是在我们的大小城镇灰飞烟灭之后很长一段时间里，这一标记也会在地质记录中持久长存

Since the beginning of the commercial revolution in the 14th century executives have built or lead their businesses in what scientists call the Holocene climatic epoch, a geologic time period that began at the end of the last ice age around 12, 000 years ago.
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