5 Ways Humans Have Changed The Earth

We are approaching a whole new era! . . .or at least a new epoch. Michael Aranda explains how humans are leaving their mark on the Geologic Time Scale. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Fatima Iqbal, John Murrin, Linnea Boyev, and Kathy & Tim Philip. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: https://www.sciencemag.org/content/351/6269/aad2622.abstract http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale http://quaternary.stratigraphy.org/workinggroups/anthropocene/ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/scientists-believe-earth-is-now-in-the/7075730 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28741-marks-of-the-anthropocene-7-signs-we-have-made-our-own-epoch/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-the-anthropocene-and-are-we-in-it-164801414/?no-ist http://www.livescience.com/25332-anthropocene-humans-geologic-era.html http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/histgeoscale.php http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2014/10/what-s-in-a-name-the-anthropocene-debate-begins http://www.smh.com.au/environment/humanitys-impact-on-earth-opens-anthropocene-epoch-scientists-say-20160107-gm1nwt.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428666-200-why-we-should-care-about-our-nitrogen-footprint/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/extinction_events/Permian%E2%80%93Triassic_extinction_event http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/june/mass-extinction-ehrlich-061915.html Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agaricocrinus_americanus_Carboniferous_Indiana.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_household_items.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concreteathruz.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aluminium-4.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale#/media/File:Geologic_Clock_with_events_and_periods.svg