Anthropocene

Anthropocene

The current geological epoch

Ten thousand years before now

Global human population is five million

One thousand years before now

Global human population two hundred million

Walking on the carbon band

Evidence of human hand

Stain in the stratigraphy

Sedimentary memory

Just another KT line

Start and finish of our time

A dirty mark in history

Souvenir for all to see

Documenting our decline

Paradox as paradigm

Tragic in trajectory

Trespass in geology

Fossil footprints in the sand

Make their mark across the land

Crushing all diversity

Tainted by humanity

Anthropocene

The current geological epoch

Dating from the commencement

Of significant human impact

On Earth's geology and ecosystems

Including anthropogenic climate change

Anthropocene

The current geological epoch

Anthropocene

Geology and ecosystems

Anthropocene

Significant human impact

One hundred years before now

Global human population is two billion

Ten years before now

Global human population is seven billion

One million years after now

Global human population is

Zero