Reinhold LeinfelderFreie Universität Berlin | FUB · Division of Paleontology
Reinhold Leinfelder
Univ. Professor, Dr. rer.nat. habil., Dipl.Geol.
Earth History, Fossil, Recent and Future Reefs, Anthropocene, Future Research, Science Communication of Complex Topics
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Introduction
I am a geologist, paleontologist, geobiologist, and science communicator, doing research on the Past, Presence and Future of Reefs, the Anthropocene, overall aspects of interaction between nature, culture, society, and new methods of communication of complex topics.
See more at http://www.reinhold-leinfelder.de . You may reach the research/publication page directly via http://tinyurl.com/koar2x5
Additional affiliations
September 2014 - September 2016
Futurium (formerly Haus der Zukunft )gGmbH
Position
- Managing Director
Description
- See http://www.futurium.de and http://hausderzukunft.blogspot.de
June 2012 - present
International Commission on Stratigraphy
Position
- Member of The Anthropocene Working Group
Description
- http://quaternary.stratigraphy.org/workinggroups/anthropocene/
May 2012 - December 2014
Rachel Carson Center at LMU Munich and Deutsches Museum Munich
Position
- Affiliate Carson Professor
Description
- http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/staff_fellows/carson_professors/reinholdleinfelder/index.html
Education
October 1975 - December 1980
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Publications (310)
Human activity is leaving a pervasive and persistent signature on Earth. Vigorous debate continues about whether this warrants recognition as a new geologic time unit known as the Anthropocene. We review anthropogenic markers of functional changes in the Earth system through the stratigraphic record. The appearance of manufactured materials in sedi...
Stratigraphy provides insights into the evolution and dynamics of the Earth System over
its long history. With recent developments in Earth System science, changes in Earth System dynamics can now be observed directly and projected into the near future. An integration of the two approaches provides powerful insights into the nature and significance...
(Excerpts from text) … Reefs as ecosystems have shown pronounced evolutionary changes as well as marked adaptation to distinct but changing ecological reef settings, and they hence were prone to reflect large-scale synchronous global impacts as well as regional ecological changes. Therefore, extensive episodes of global reef decline during major Ea...
Growth in fundamental drivers—energy use, economic productivity and population—can provide quantitative indications of the proposed boundary between the Holocene Epoch and the Anthropocene. Human energy expenditure in the Anthropocene, ~22 zetajoules (ZJ), exceeds that across the prior 11,700 years of the Holocene (~14.6 ZJ), largely through combus...
We examine three distinctive biostratigraphic signatures of humans associated with hunting and gathering , landscape domestication and globalization. All three signatures have significant fossil records of regional importance that can be correlated interregionally and help describe the developing pattern of human expansion and appropriation of reso...
Event stratigraphy is used to help characterise the Anthropocene as a chronostratigraphic concept, based on analogous deep-time events, for which we provide a novel categorization. Events in stratigraphy are distinct from extensive, time-transgressive ‘episodes’ – such as the global, highly diachronous record of anthropogenic change, termed here an...
Event stratigraphy is used to help characterise the Anthropocene as a chronostratigraphic concept, based on analogous deep-time events, for which we provide a novel categorization. Events in stratigraphy are distinct from extensive, time-transgressive ‘episodes’ – such as the global, highly diachronous record of anthropogenic change, termed here an...
Event stratigraphy is used to help characterise the Anthropocene as a chronostratigraphic concept, based on analogous deep-time events, for which we provide a novel categorization. Events in stratigraphy are distinct from extensive, time-transgressive ‘episodes’ – such as the global, highly diachronous record of anthropogenic change, termed here an...
The extensive array of mid-20 th century stratigraphic event signals associated with the 'Great Acceleration' enables precise and unambiguous recognition of the Anthropocene as an epoch/series within the Geological Time Scale. A mid-20 th century inception is consistent with Earth System science analysis in which the Anthropocene term and concept a...
The Anthropocene defined as an epoch/series within the Geological Time Scale, and with an isochronous inception in the mid-20th century, would both utilize the rich array of stratigraphic signals associated with the Great Acceleration and align with Earth System science analysis from where the term Anthropocene originated. It would be stratigraphic...
Interview-contribution for a new german Geography school book (secondary school level) In: Diercke Geographie, Oberstufe, Ausgabe 2022 Schleswig-Holstein, Schülerband, S. 22-23. Diercke-Geographie-Reihe, Westermann-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-14-100910-1. (release date 16 June 2022), see here for preview of the entire book https://www.westermann.de/artikel/...
Extinction, coupled with many other biological signals, is a major geological indicator of the Anthropocene. The introduction of non-native species, deforestation, depletion of fisheries and modification of coastal environments, domestication of animals, and the reconfiguration of terrestrial ecosystems are all evident in the geological record and...
This is possibly the first (or one of the first?) children book on the Anthropocene, from 8 years onwards. For more on the project (incl. the Anthropocene song) see https://www.ph-noe.ac.at/de/forschung/forschung-und-entwicklung/anthropozaen/mutmachbuch ,
For publication of this foreword see https://www.ph-noe.ac.at/fileadmin/root_phnoe/Mitarbeite...
Die Menschheit hat ihren gesamten Umgang mit der Natur industrialisiert, um möglichst gut von ihr zu leben, aber auch um sich vor der Unbill der Natur mit technischen Mitteln zu schützen. Sowohl gutes als auch sicheres Leben stehen zwischenzeitlich auf dem Spiel. Um beides weiter zu sichern, müssten wir das Erdsystem so mitgestalten, dass es die Me...
Eine anpassungsfähige, von erneuerbaren Energien gespeiste Kreislaufwirtschaft ist der Schlüssel für die Vereinbarkeit von Öko- und Technosphäre. Damit der blaue Planet technologisch nicht aus allen Nähten platzt und auch künftig menschliche Ge- sellschaften beherbergen kann, ist konsequentes Umsteuern dringend nötig. Eine Bestandsaufnahme.
Κλιματική αλλαγή, Ανθρωπόκαινος, εκπομπές διοξειδίου του άνθρακα, Σύνοδος Κορυφής του Ρίο, αιολικά πάρκα, συμπαραγωγή ηλεκτρισμού και θερμότητας, ερημοποίηση, αφανισμός ειδών, ενεργειακή νομοθεσία και πρωτοπόροι της αλλα- γής – τι σημαίνουν όλα αυτά και πώς συνδέονται μεταξύ τους; Σ’ αυτές τις ερωτήσεις, και σε πολλές άλλες, δίνει απαντήσεις αυτό τ...
(Last paragraph of paper): Im Kontext des Anthropozäns sollten Museen also durch eine Verknüpfung visueller, szenografischer, narrativer, explorativer und partizipativer Ansätze dazu beitragen können, das Potential eigener Gestaltungsfähigkeit zu unterstreichen und damit persönlichen Lebensgeschichten eine erweiterte Sinnhaftigkeit zu geben. Ein st...
The Anthropocene was conceptualized in 2000 to reflect the extensive impact of human activities on our planet, and subsequent detailed analyses have revealed a sub- stantial Earth System response to these impacts begin- ning in the mid-20th century. Key to this understanding was the discovery of a sharp upturn in a multitude of global socio-economi...
Tropische Korallenriffe gelten als stark bedroht. Umweltverschmutzung, Überfischung und nicht zuletzt die Klimakrise setzen ihnen arg zu. Wie lassen sie sich schützen?
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Einen Königsweg zur Rettung der Riffe gibt es nicht, vielmehr brauchen wir ein ganzes Maßnahmenpaket, um sie weiter zu erhalten. Allerdings bleiben sämtliche Bemü-hungen wirkungs...
At the end of last year, on the occasion of the publication of an exciting new study, several reports went through the press such as "Human-made stuff now outweighs all life on Earth" (Scientific American), "Human-made materials now weigh more than the Earth's entire biomass" (The Guardian) or "Human-made mass exceeds biomass for the first time in...
The term Anthropocene initially emerged from the Earth System science community in
the early 2000s, denoting a concept that the Holocene Epoch has terminated as a consequence of human activities. First associated with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, it was then more closely linked
with the Great Acceleration in industrialization and globali...
This is the original keynote abstract in German for the symposium "Kulturelle Nachhaltigkeit lernen und lehren“ at Pädagogischen Hochschule Niederösterreich, April 2021. Title: „Auch Maschinen haben Hunger“ - Biosphäre als Modell für die Technosphäre im Anthropozän. For an extended english version containing figs see https://www.researchgate.net/pu...
All organisms produce and consume. This requires basic building blocks and energy. In the plant kingdom, organic materials are produced with the help of solar energy from recycled building blocks in the soil ("nutrients") as well as carbon dioxide (Fig. 1). Animals consume existing organic material, be it plant or animal, living or dead, in order t...
Stratigraphy provides insights into the evolution and dynamics of the Earth System over its long history. With recent developments in Earth System science, changes in Earth System dynamics can now be observed directly and projected into the near future. An integration of the two approaches provides powerful insights into the nature and significance...
Eine zunehmend komplexere Welt erfordert eine Bildung, die Kausalitäten, Interdependenzen und Dynamiken in Umwelt und Gesellschaften verbindet. Das Anthropozän-Konzept mit seinen analytischen Ebenen sowie seiner konsequentialen Metaebene erscheint gut geeignet, derartiges systemisches Wissen fachspezifisch und fächerübergreifend in den Unterricht e...
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Supplementary material to Syvitski et al. 2020, see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344685697_Extraordinary_human_energy_consumption_and_resultant_geological_impacts_beginning_around_1950_CE_initiated_the_proposed_Anthropocene_Epoch
Berlin, October 2, 2020 | Scientists for Future (S4F) confirm that the demands of Fridays for Future (FFF) on EU politics are factually necessary and scientifically justified. According to IPCC calculations , the EU27 will have a residual budget for emissions of 20 Gt CO from 2021 to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees. An 80% reductio...
Fazit: Das Anthropozän-Konzept ist eine umfassende konzeptionelle „toolbox“ zur systemischen Analyse, zum interdisziplinären Monitoring und für ein neues Verständnis des gigantischen derzeitigen Einflusses menschlicher Aktivitäten auf das Erdsystem. Gleichzeitig impliziert es weder eine fatalistische Hinnahme einer Apokalypse, noch fördert es einen...
Die ganze Stärke des Anthropozän-Konzeptes liegt darin, eine Arena für ein wissensbasiertes, zukunftsverantwortliches Gestalten des Erdsystems zu schaffen. Geologisch gesprochen: Diese Erdepoche hat gerade erst begonnen. Es liegt auch in den Händen der Wissenschaften, darunter der Geowissenschaften, sie mitzugestalten. Man kann das Anthropozän-Konz...
Problemlage: Schulisches Lernen hat einen hohen gesellschaftlichen Stellenwert. Allerdings ist auch der Ruf nach methodischer Überarbeitung unüberhörbar, denn die Erwartungen an die Schulen sind hoch:
So sollen heute frontaler Unterricht zugunsten von Gruppen- und Projektarbeit abgebaut, strukturierte Problembewältigungsstrategien erarbeitet, und i...
Coral reefs are highly complex, severely threatened geobiological systems characterized by complicated resilience, feedback and tipping-point patterns. Outreach and education should not simplify but rather emphasize this fascinating complexity and systemic behavior. The same is true of the complex, highly interactive temporal and spatial patters of...
Interview zum Anthropozän. Stephanie Schwaderer interviewt Reinhold Leinfelder anlässlich der Anthropozän-Thementage in der Stiftung Nantesbuch
Kennen Sie das? Sie schauen einen Film und sind gleichzeitig fasziniert, berührt und verstört. Und das, obwohl Sie im Prinzip schon alles wussten. So ging es mir jedenfalls, als ich den Film „Anthropocene – The Human Epoch“
(Der Artikel schildert persönliche Impressionen nach dem Screening des Films 'Anthropocene - The Human Epoch' (Burtynsky et a...
…. Zu den in Wechselwirkung stehenden Erdsystemsphären (Lithosphäre, Pedosphäre, Hydrosphäre, Biosphäre und Atmosphäre) ist durch unsere, seit der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts extrem beschleunigte Eingriffe in die Natur, eine weitere Sphäre dazugekommen: Die Anthroposphäre. Wir sind im Anthropozän, einem neuen geologischen Zeitalter angekommen, in de...
The Anthropocene concept is a comprehensive conceptual "toolbox" for systemic analysis, interdisciplinary monitoring and a new understanding of the gigantic current impact of human activities on the Earth system. At the same time, it neither implies a fatalistic acceptance of an apocalypse, nor does it promote a simplistic "everything will be fine"...
This is the new intro of the editors to the 3rd edition of the book which originally has been published in 2013. See: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257608618_Die_Grosse_Transformation_Klima_-_Kriegen_wir_die_Kurve (in German)
for english book version see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265383287_The_Great_Transformation_Climate_...
Although humans had an increasing environmental impact ever since they went out of Africa, their place of origin, it was only the great acceleration of socioeconomic development since the mid-20 century that has added the gigantic human footprint onto the Earth System spheres. As a consequence, differences between nature and culture have largely va...
Leinfelder, R. (2019, in press): Das Anthropozän - Die Erde in unserer Hand.- In: Schwinger, E. (ed.) Das Anthropozän im Diskurs der Fachdisziplinen. Weimar bei Marburg (Metropolis-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7316-1394-7).
(For more info see https://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Das-Anthropozaen-im-Diskurs-der-Fachdisziplinen/1394/book.do )
Leinfelder, R. (2019): Das Anthropozän - Die Erde in unserer Hand.- In: Schwinger, E. (ed.) Das Anthropozän im Diskurs der Fachdisziplinen, . S.-23-46 Weimar bei Marburg (Metropolis-Verlag, ).
(For more info see https://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Das-Anthropozaen-im-Diskurs-der-Fachdisziplinen/1394/book.do )
1.3.-2 Palaeoclimate reconstruction using aquatic high-resolution archives 26 between 3°C and 10°C. We suggest that this is not only related to occurring vital effect during elemental incorporation of the corals, but also due to oceanographic changes. Reconstructed temperatures and Ba/ Ca ratios show an 11-year variability. We suggest that this var...
Palaeoclimate reconstructions are crucial to understand the climatic and oceanic system. Coral geochemical proxy archives provide excellent high-resolution reconstructions of several climatic and hydrological parameters. Here, we investigate subfossil (~6200-7100 years old) Siderastrea sp. and Pseudodiploria sp. corals from a pristine Mid-Holocene...
Auszug: Wir sind im Anthropozän […] angekommen, in dem alles mit allem zusammenhängt. Und wir, mittendrin, verheddern alles. […] Dieser Befund ist gleichzeitig aber auch eine Chance, denn wir verstehen die Zusammenhänge nun immer besser. Wir sehen, dass wir nicht wie Parasiten über die Erde herfallen dürfen, wenn auch künftige Generationen noch fai...
Einleitung und Zielsetzung:
Der »Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen« (WBGU) ist ein von der Bundesregierung jeweils für eine Periode von vier Jahren eingesetztes unabhängiges Beratungsgremium, mit der Aufgabe, globale Umwelt- und Entwicklungsprobleme zu analysieren. Für die Themenwahl ist der WBGU selbst veran...
Warum dauert es so lange, bis Wissenschaftler sich einigen, ob wir wirklich im Erdzeitalter Anthropozän leben? Ein Gespräch.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3. Juli 2019, S. N2
We analyse the ‘three flaws’ to potentially defining a formal Anthropocene geological time unit as advanced by Ruddiman (2018). (1) We recognize a long record of pre-industrial human impacts, but note that these increased in relative magnitude slowly and were strongly time-transgressive by comparison with the extraordinarily rapid, novel and near-g...
We analyse the ‘three flaws’ to potentially defining a formal Anthropocene geological time unit as advanced by Ruddiman (2018). (1) We recognize a long record of pre-industrial human impacts, but note that these increased in relative magnitude slowly and were strongly time-transgressive by comparison with the extraordinarily rapid, novel and near-g...
The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, written by the high-profile international...
(No abstract in chapter) Contents of Chapter: Intro - Plastics as a Distinctive Technofossil Group - Production and Degradation of Plastic Materials: An Overview - Plastic Redistribution in the Environment: An Overview - The Fate of Microplastics in Ocean Settings - Plastics as a High-Resolution Stratigraphic Tool -
Outlook: The Role of Plastics...
... This book is the outcome of the work of the Anthropocene Working Group since 2009 in developing and testing the general case for the Anthropocene as a formal geological time unit. This work was a necessary prelude to preparing any specific formalisation proposal to the SQS, ICS and IUGS (a task that is underway). It summarises the evidence gath...
... it seems clear from comparisons across long timescales that the boron isotope signature does generally tie in with past estimates of seawater pCO2 (Figure 5.3.1). With regard to using this signal in chronostratigraphic characterisation of the Anthropocene, at present the annual to decadal variability is obscuring the underlying signal attributa...
Earth history is too often misused for wrong excuses like „geology is stronger than us“, „climate has always changed“, or „coral reefs have died out several times but always recovered“, in order to relativise or even to reject the need of human behavioural change. Even within geological student course training the long-term narrative teaching is la...
Most species on planet Earth have specific ecological ranges defined by factors such as latitudinal changes in surface temperature and rainfall, or geographical isolation. These patterns have evolved over millions, sometimes tens of millions of years. This natural pattern is being overprinted by the actions of Homo sapiens, which has made the whole...
Despite shallow coral reefs are mainly restricted to tropical and subtropical marine environments, relict reef-builder corals can be also found in temperate seas like the Mediterranean Sea. The aim of this presentation is to show the preliminary results of an ongoing interdisciplinary project studying the Mediterranean endemic coral Cladocora caesp...
In March 2019, German-speaking scientists and scholars calling themselves Scientists for Future, published a statement in support of the youth protesters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (Fridays for Future, Klimastreik/Climate Strike), verifying the scientific evidence that the youth protestors refer to. In this article, they provide the full...
Extended version from Scilogs - Der Anthropozäniker: R. Leinfelder, Zukunftsoptionen für Korallenriffe – vielfältiges Handeln und langer Atem sind nötig / Future options for coral reefs - multiple action and long breath are needed (11 Nov 2018)
Direct links:
German: https://scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropozaeniker/zukunftsoptionen-fuer-korallenrif...
published as: Leinfelder, R. (2018): Foreword.- In: Tom Hegen, (ed.) HABITAT - vom Mensch geprägte Lebensräume / Human altered landscapes, Bielefeld (Kerber-Verlag), ISBN 978-3-7356-0502- (Book is in german and english language) https://www.kerberverlag.com/en/habitat-vom-mensch-gepragte-lebensraume.html
A change of perspective allows for new insights. Climb to the top of a mountain. What do you see? There are the natural mountain features of rocks, alpine choughs and marmots, but also alpine pastures and meadows in bloom, the summit cross, the hang gliders. What is nature? What is culture? The categories mix.
Geologists are working on the definit...
For an extended english version see public full text or https://tinyurl.com/y8lymxrc
Jeder, der sie kennt, bestaunt und bewundert sie: Korallenriffe – unerwartet dichtbesiedelte „Städte“ unter Wasser mit faszinierenden Farben und einer unglaublichen Arten- und Formenvielfalt. Seit einiger Zeit sind sie allerdings dramatisch in die Schlagzeilen...
Most species on planet Earth have specific ecological ranges. In the near surface of the oceans, planktonic foraminifera define water masses that are warm in the tropics, and cold in polar regions. Tropical rainforests have trees and animals that are distinct from those in warm temperate or cold temperate zones. The fauna and flora of Australia are...
This is the full presentation given by Reinhold Leinfelder on occasion of the opening of German activities for the 3rd International Year of the Reef 2018 (IYOR 2018). The presentation was designed for educating diving instructors. Short texts are added to the slides. The text is automatically translated into english via Google translator. The orig...
Klimaerwärmung, ein gigantischer Plastikteppich im Meer, Atomtests – das Wirken des Menschen geht nicht spurlos an unserem Planeten vorbei. Der Ausdruck „Anthropozän“ (von anthropos, der Mensch) ist ein Vorschlag, das gegenwärtige Erdzeitalter nach dem Menschen, dem wichtigsten Einflussfaktor, zu benennen. Das Anthropozän-Konzept sieht einen verant...
The future of reefs depends on mitigation, management efforts and, possibly, new strategies of ‚assisted’ recovery and adaptation. Correlating, monitoring and predicting Anthropocene reef eco-episodes on a regional and global scale should be based on integration and correlation of environmental skeletal proxies, other geosignals, direct measurement...
Laut Umfragen haben Umweltschutz und Umweltverantwortung in Deutschland zwar einen relativ hohen Stellenwert, dennoch sind sie mit einem umfassenden Satz gesellschaftlicher und individueller, meist psychologischer Herausfor- derungen konfrontiert. Gleichzeitig geht unser bisheriger Nachhaltigkeitsbegriff eher von einem frei ausverhandelbaren und gg...
Laut Umfragen haben Umweltschutz und Umweltverantwortung in Deutschland zwar einen relativ hohen Stellenwert, dennoch sind sie mit einem umfassenden Satz gesellschaftlicher und individueller, meist psychologischer Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Gleichzeitig geht unser bisheriger Nachhaltigkeitsbegriff eher von einem frei ausverhandelbaren und ggf....
Das Anthropozän ist eine hervorragende Grundlage für den wissenschaftsbasierten Umwelt- und Naturschutz. Wichtig ist es, dabei die Fakten klar zu benennen und die Argumente in der Anthropozändebatte zu schärfen. Dass dies notwendig ist, machen Missverständnisse und Ungenauigkeiten im Beitrag in der vorigen Ausgabe der umwelt aktuell deutlich.
Extended Abstract: The geochronological epoch of the Holocene, commencing at ca. 11,700 years before present, provided humans with stable environmental conditions, having allowed them to settle down in the Neolithic Revolution, living from agriculture, and enabling further differentiation into modern societies, as characterized by e.g. urban settle...
The Anthropocene as a potential new unit of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart (which serves as the basis of the Geological Time Scale) is assessed in terms of the stratigraphic markers and approximate boundary levels available to define the base of the unit. The task of assessing and selecting potential Global Boundary Stratotype Section...
The Anthropocene, as a potential new unit of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart, is assessed in terms of stratigraphic markers and approximate boundary levels available to define the unit base. The task of assessing and selecting potential GSSP candidate sections, a requirement in seeking formalisation of the term, is being actively pursue...
Info: This is the extended version of Leinfelder., R. (2017), "Die Erde wie eine Stiftung behandeln" – Ressourcenschutz und Rohstoffeffizienz im Anthropozän (also available here at researchgate). The present version includes some additional aspects and 14 additional figures, having been posted at Der Anthropozäniker, Spektrum Scilogs (this research...
This is the english pdf version (automatized translation via Google translator) of the original German version at https://scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropozaeniker/rohstoffmanagement-im-anthropozaen-das-beispiel-der-phosphate/
See also here for german pdf version: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321477488_Rohstoffmanagement_im_Anthropozan_-...
Der Eingriff des Menschen in die Umwelt hat Ausmaße erreicht, die schwer vorstellbar sind – quantitative Abschätzungen dazu eröffnen die Dimension (Abb. 1): so hat der Mensch bislang mehr als drei Viertel der eisfreien festen Erde umgestaltet – eine “Urnatur” ist hier nicht mehr vorhanden [Ellis & Ramankutty 2008, Ellis et al. 2010, Ellis 2011]. Di...
Einleitung: Der Eingriff des Menschen in die Umwelt hat Ausmaße erreicht, die schwer vorstellbar sind – Quantitative Abschätzungen dazu eröffnen die Dimension: so hat der Mensch bislang mehr als drei Viertel der eisfreien festen Erde umgestaltet – eine "Urnatur" ist hier nicht mehr vorhanden [Ellis & Ramankutty 2008, Ellis et al. 2010, Ellis 2011]....
With reefs being of paramount societal interest, attempting to correlate subepisodes of the Anthropocene across coral reefs would be a prerequisite for better understanding and assisting the global change of reef patterns. Using an integrated approach of palaeoclimatology, (palaeo)ecology and geosignals helps to evaluate the interconnected subrecen...
Anlässlich der vielen Meldungen zum katastrophalen Zustand des Großen Barriereriffs, einer neuen Publikation zur Zukunft der Korallenriffe in Nature sowie auch anlässlich der aktuellen UN-Ozean-Konferenz, des Weltumwelttags sowie der teilweise unglaublichen Diskussionen zum Klimaschutz nach dem Trump'schen Ausstiegs aus dem Pariser Klimaabkommens h...
Das Anthropozän-Konzept kann, richtig verstanden, ein wertvolles wissenschaftliches und normatives Leitprinzip zur Beförderung einer großen Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit sein. Es kann in drei Ebenen unterteilt werden. Aus den ersten beiden Ebenen, der Analyse der anthropogenen globalen Veränderung des Erdsystems und dem daraus resultierenden gl...
(Vortragsfolien eines Abendvortrags anlässlich des o.a. Workshops Kommunikationsstrategien des Internationalen Zentrums für Kultur- und Technikforschung / Reallabor für nachhaltige Mobilitätskultur an der Universität Stuttgart
There are no simple solutions in the Anthropocene era. Every single person lives in a highly complex system and is connected to it by his or her actions. By focusing on the example of alimentation, this interconnectedness can be exposed and presented in a form that everyone can understand. Comics as a
communication medium not only have the potentia...
This is the link to the press release from University of Leicester for the new AWG paper authored by the above members of the working group: https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2017/march/the-anthropocene-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-a-new-geological-epoch
A range of published arguments against formalizing the Anthropocene as a geological time unit have variously suggested that it is a misleading term of non-stratigraphic origin and usage, is based on insignificant temporal and material stratigraphic content unlike that used to define older geological time units, is focused on observation of human hi...
The Anthropocene concept arose within the Earth System science (ESS) community, albeit explicitly as a geological (stratigraphical) time term. Its current analysis by the stratigraphical community, as a potential formal addition to the Geological Time Scale, necessitates comparison of the methodologies and patterns of enquiry of these two communiti...
Jedes noch so kleine Lebewesen braucht Energie und nimmt dafür Stoffe auf, wandelt sie um, und scheidet einen Teil wieder aus. Der Mensch macht da keine Ausnahme. Angeblich verbringen wir Deutschen durchschnittlich 105 Minuten täglich mit Essen und Trinken. Essen ist für uns aber nicht nur Nahrungsaufnahme oder Energielieferant, sondern meistens ve...