• Power lines, roads, and other man-made structures light up the globe in this beautiful video of man’s impact on Earth. [1 of 3]
 

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tech 7 May 2012

by Morgan Clendaniel, editor of Fast Company’s Co.Exist website and editorial director of VSL. TWITTER WEBSITE

 
  • It’s a visual guide to the Anthropocene, a new epoch in which humanity has become a more powerful force than nature. [2 of 3]
 
  • The Anthropocene replaces the Holocene. Don’t know your epochs? Consult this amazing old-timey chart. [3 of 3]
 
  • Images (in order): Anthropocene map by Globaia; Anthropocene map by Globaia; epoch chart via Wikimedia Commons.
 
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