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Crawford Lake declared the "golden spike" for the Anthropocene. Congratulations to Tim Patterson and his research team!

Crawford Lake Freeze Core golden spike
A freeze core pulled during the April, 2023 expedition by Tim Patterson and his team at Crawford Lake

 

On July 11, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) announced that out of the 12 sites in consideration worldwide, Crawford Lake was selected as the site that could formally define the start of the Anthropocene – a proposed new epoch shaped by the significant global impacts of recent human activity.

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