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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

After nine years of research, the evidence shows thatwe have left the Holocene and...

After nine years of research, the evidence shows that
we have left the Holocene and entered
the Anthropocene epoch, because humans now change
the Earth and its systems more than all natural
processes combined

Full Transcript

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After nine years of research,
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the evidence shows that we have left the Holocene
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and entered the Anthropocene epoch,
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because humans now change the Earth and its systems
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more than all natural processes combined.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:10
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Anthropocene Films,Mercury Films, Inc.,Seville International

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Movie Summary

Filmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.
[rumbling] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:08
[rumbling]
[woman] I can confirm that this ivory here is exactly 105 tons. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:16
[woman] I can confirm that this ivory here is exactly 105 to...
[woman] I have seen estimates of 150 million dollars... - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:08
[woman] I have seen estimates of 150 million dollars...
[woman] The street value. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:12
[woman] The street value.
[woman] We did the inventory: three months, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:38
[woman] We did the inventory: three months,
This tusk will never hit the market. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:06
This tusk will never hit the market.
It will never make a trinket, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
It will never make a trinket,
I was not able to stop this elephant from dying, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:10
I was not able to stop this elephant from dying,
[steam hissing] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:24
[steam hissing]
[children singing] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:04
[children singing]
[siren wails] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:04
[siren wails]
[woman in Russian] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:04
[woman in Russian]
[narrator] Every year, humans extract between - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
[narrator] Every year, humans extract between
[man speaks English] We are here - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:14
[man speaks English] We are here
Lithium has been used for many years in pharmaceuticals, and aluminum, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
Lithium has been used for many years in pharmaceuticals, and...
As you see we have sun everyday - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:12
As you see we have sun everyday
And we are proud of how we contribute to the world, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
And we are proud of how we contribute to the world,
Last Thursday, I think there was the last house here. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:06
Last Thursday, I think there was the last house here.
[in German] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:05
[in German]
[woman in German] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:04
[woman in German]