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Anthropocene – The Undeniable Truth

18.01.2025 Research

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New documentary on the AWG's global search for the Golden Spike of the Anthropocene, by Cédric Defert and Cécile Dumas (Look at Sciences, ARTE France)

Our Climate – A Cultural-Historical View

24.10.2024 Updates

Hot air balloon floating over water at sunset, with trees along the shore

Interview with VAN founder Eva Horn on cultural perceptions of climate and her new book (published in the recent ECHO Newsletter)

The Anthopocene Is Here to Stay

22.10.2024 Research

Industrial landscape with power grids and a large, smoke-emitting power plant

A new study by AWG scientists shows that Earth history and the climate state of our planet have been fundamentally shifted by human impacts.

AWG Comment: The Meaning of the Anthropocene

26.08.2024 Updates

Mining Excavation On A Mountain

Recent commentary in Nature by the AWG arguing for the significance of the Anthropocene across disciplines even without a formal geological…

EGU2024 in Vienna – General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union

14.04.2024 Event Tips

The EGU2024 will take place from 14-19 April 2024, including a panel on “The Great EGU Climate Debate: The Anthropocene - Epochalypse Now?”

Statement on the IUGS Anthropocene Decision

26.03.2024 Updates

Heavily polluted beach with wind turbines visible in the background

We are concerned about seeing the leading bodies of geosciences negate evidence for the momentous anthropogenic impacts on the Earth System.

Upcoming Events

Forum Anthropozän 2026 – Connectedness. Zukunftsverbunden

11.06.2026 Conference

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This year's Forum Anthropozän looks at national parks in the Anthropocene, exploring how ecological and social issues intersect in these spaces.

Current Humanities Research in Anthropocene Studies

11.06.2026 Workshop

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11 June 2026, 9:00 am–6 pm CEST

In-person event (in English)

University of Vienna

Bohemia at the Primeval Sea | A CarbonCulturesxCE Lecture

04.05.2026 Lecture

Historic illustration in black-and-white that reconstructs the prehistoric flora and fauna in the region of Bohemia

4 May 2026, 1:15 pm CEST

Guest Lecture by Philipp Kohl (in German)

In-person (Uni Campus, Vienna)

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NASA | Tim Kopra