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The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene by Waters, Colin N., Zalasiewicz, Jan, Summerhayes, Colin, Barnosky, Anthony D., Poirier, Clément, Galuszka, Agnieszka, Cearreta, Alejandro, Edgeworth, Matt, Ellis, Erle C., Ellis, Michael, Jeandel, Catherine, Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, J. R., deB. Richter, Daniel, Steffen, Will, Syvitski, James, Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael, Williams, Mark, Zhisheng, An, Grinevald, Jacques, Odada, Eric, Oreskes, Naomi, Wolfe, Alexander P.

“…Human activity is leaving a pervasive and persistent signature on Earth. Vigorous debate continues about whether this warrants recognition as a new geologic…”
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Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch by Syvitski, Jaia, Waters, Colin N., Day, John, Milliman, John D., Summerhayes, Colin, Steffen, Will, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Cearreta, Alejandro, Gałuszka, Agnieszka, Hajdas, Irka, Head, Martin J., Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, J. R., Poirier, Clément, Rose, Neil L., Shotyk, William, Wagreich, Michael, Williams, Mark

“…Growth in fundamental drivers—energy use, economic productivity and population—can provide quantitative indications of the proposed boundary between the…”
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Introductory Remarks: The Anthropocene and the Eighteenth Century by McNeill, J. R.

“…The term and concept of the Anthropocene has lately seeped into academic discourses and public discussions. This article considers some of its intellectual…”
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The Anthropocene: Comparing Its Meaning in Geology (Chronostratigraphy) with Conceptual Approaches Arising in Other Disciplines by Zalasiewicz, Jan, Waters, Colin N., Ellis, Erle C., Head, Martin J., Vidas, Davor, Steffen, Will, Thomas, Julia Adeney, Horn, Eva, Summerhayes, Colin P., Leinfelder, Reinhold, McNeill, J. R., Gałuszka, Agnieszka, Williams, Mark, Barnosky, Anthony D., Richter, Daniel de B., Gibbard, Philip L., Syvitski, Jaia, Jeandel, Catherine, Cearreta, Alejandro, Cundy, Andrew B., Fairchild, Ian J., Rose, Neil L., Ivar do Sul, Juliana A., Shotyk, William, Turner, Simon, Wagreich, Michael, Zinke, Jens

“…The term Anthropocene initially emerged from the Earth System science community in the early 2000s, denoting a concept that the Holocene Epoch has terminated…”
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Breaking the sod: humankind, history, and soil by McNeill, J.R, Winiwarter, V

“…For most of history, few things have mattered more to human communities than their relations with soil, because soil provided most of their food and nutrients…”
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The proposed Anthropocene Epoch/Series is underpinned by an extensive array of mid‐20th century stratigraphic event signals by Head, Martin J., Zalasiewicz, Jan A., Waters, Colin N., Turner, Simon D., Williams, Mark, Barnosky, Anthony D., Steffen, Will, Wagreich, Michael, Haff, Peter K., Syvitski, Jaia, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Mccarthy, Francine M. G., Rose, Neil L., Wing, Scott L., An, Zhisheng, Cearreta, Alejandro, Cundy, Andrew B., Fairchild, Ian J., Han, Yongming, Ivar Do Sul, Juliana A., Jeandel, Catherine, Mcneill, J. R., Summerhayes, Colin P.

“…ABSTRACT The extensive array of mid‐20th century stratigraphic event signals associated with the ‘Great Acceleration’ enables precise and unambiguous…”
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Harrison, Globalization, and the History of Health, Medicine, and Disease by McNeill, J. R

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Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene by Steffen, Will, Leinfelder, Reinhold, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Waters, Colin N., Williams, Mark, Summerhayes, Colin, Barnosky, Anthony D., Cearreta, Alejandro, Crutzen, Paul, Edgeworth, Matt, Ellis, Erle C., Fairchild, Ian J., Galuszka, Agnieszka, Grinevald, Jacques, Haywood, Alan, Ivar do Sul, Juliana, Jeandel, Catherine, McNeill, J.R., Odada, Eric, Oreskes, Naomi, Revkin, Andrew, Richter, Daniel deB, Syvitski, James, Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael, Wing, Scott L., Wolfe, Alexander P., Schellnhuber, H.J.

“…Stratigraphy provides insights into the evolution and dynamics of the Earth System over its long history. With recent developments in Earth System science,…”
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Radkau on the Americas by McNeill, J. R.

“…In his book Nature and Power Joachim Radkau seeks to provide a broad vision of environmental history that is not unduly influenced by American perspectives but…”
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Population and the Natural Environment: Trends and Challenges by McNeill, J. R.

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Buying time for a tough transition by McNeill, J. R.

“…Orchestrating a global transition to a sustainable world economy seems both urgent and surpassingly daunting. J.R. McNeill asks whether there is a workaround…”
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Observations on the Nature and Culture of Environmental History by McNeill, J. R.

“…This article aims to consider the robust field of environmental history as a whole, as it stands and as it has developed over the past twenty-five years around…”
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The State of the Field of Environmental History by MCNEILL, J. R

“…Absract  This article reviews the state and evolution of the field of environmental history since about 1970. It focuses chiefly on the work of professional…”
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The Great Transition: Climate, Disease and Society in the Late-Medieval World by Bruce M. S. Campbell (review) by Mcneill, J. R

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Chronic treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor preserves agonist-evoked vascular responses in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat by Bardal, S, Misurski, D, Qiu, X, Desai, K, McNeill, J. R

“…Aims/hypothesis Vascular dysfunction is a hallmark of diabetes mellitus and endothelial dysfunction is considered to be a key early component of vascular…”
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Can nuclear weapons fallout mark the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch? by Waters, Colin N., Syvitski, James P. M., Gałuszka, Agnieszka, Hancock, Gary J., Zalasiewicz, Jan, Cearreta, Alejandro, Grinevald, Jacques, Jeandel, Catherine, McNeill, J. R., Summerhayes, Colin, Barnosky, Anthony

“…Many scientists are making the case that humanity is living in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, but there is no agreement yet as to when this epoch…”
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Comment: Harrison, Globalization, and the History of Health, Medicine, and Disease by McNeill, J R

“…A few others among Harrison's statements struck me as wide of the mark, but none of them matter for his general argument: "commercial monopoly" (p. 643) is too…”
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Global Population: History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth by Alison Bashford (review) by Mcneill, J. R

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President's Address: Toynbee as Environmental Historian by McNeill, J. R.

“…McNeill argues that Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975) ought to be counted among the environmental history's first practitioners. Toynbee primarily focused on the…”
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Radkau on the Americas by McNeill, J R

“…In his book Nature and Power Joachim Radkau seeks to provide a broad vision of environmental history that is not unduly influenced by American perspectives but…”
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