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The Great Acceleration

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  • The Great Acceleration - the dramatic increase in human activity, largely since 1950, that is evident across a variety of socio-economic and biophysical measures, and that has made humans into a planetary scale force
    • The Anthropocene - our current geological epoch (contested), beginning when humans first had significant impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems
      • Hockey stick graph - typically refers to the Mann et al 1999 graph of Earth’s temperature, but can also refer to any trend that's roughly constant for a long duration and then has a drastic upwards shift

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