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On Monday 29 August 2016, the International Geological Congress meeting in Capetown, declared the start of a new geological epoch. The Holocene (defined by glaciers) was over. Its successor, the Anthropocene, is an epoch in which humans are the greatest shapers of the planet. They dated the start of the Anthropocene to 1950.
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Wright, S. (2017). Can the University be a Liveable Institution in the Anthropocene?. In: Deem, R., Eggins, H. (eds) The University as a Critical Institution?. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-116-2_2
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