Canada's Crawford Lake chosen as 'golden spike' to mark proposed new epoch
Scientists have picked the bottom of Crawford Lake in Ontario to mark the start of a new proposed, but controversial, geologic epoch – the Anthropocene. Here’s what that means, why this Canadian lake was chosen and why it could be a huge deal, scientifically.
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