TEDxCanberra - Will Steffen - The Anthropocene

Ғылым және технология

Executive Director of the Australian National University's Climate Change Institute, Professor Will Steffen, takes us on a journey through the science measuring humanity's effect on the planet. Using tangible, real measures, Will shows us the profound change in the planet since the Industrial Revolution and argues that now, more than at any other time, humanity is the single most influential factor in global changes; so much so that we should recognise that now is the age of mankind - The Anthropocene.

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  • @bootsybrown991
    @bootsybrown9912 ай бұрын

    Great Job in this explanation.... Very clear, concise, and approachable. I would love to get these slides...

  • @ttmallard
    @ttmallard8 жыл бұрын

    The Pleistocene CO2 average rate-of-change was 1-ppm/1000-years, big jump up at the end of the last ice-ace 1-ppm/180-years we hit 3.05-ppm last year alone. That was 10-PgC/37-Gt-CO2equivalent and 5-times beyond "natural variability" from the 180-280 ice-age with a max of 305±5-ppm for 9%, at 405-ppm it's 45%. How can anyone consider that we are OK at 5-times variation over 800k-years with the oceans acidifying 10-times faster than the PETM from such a high rate never seen before in geologic history?

  • @nickking6371

    @nickking6371

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tom will you be my friend on Facebook? I'm going to assemble a team of tolerant and patient profesionals to engage in dialogue with less educated misinformed people. Although it sounds contentious, we plan to also talk to each other and try to develop a consensus on some things. If I do my job, we should be able to develop an eclectic collective of educated tolerant people with good intentions. I could use your help! (Ubermenscholas king)

  • @shadowmistress999

    @shadowmistress999

    2 жыл бұрын

    Profits

  • @FreagaZ
    @FreagaZ2 жыл бұрын

    2021 here and we are at 413 ppm.

  • @Garglebutt
    @Garglebutt13 жыл бұрын

    Really interesting and a little bit frightening. I love how it distances itself from the typical global warming debate.

  • @noviceprepper53
    @noviceprepper5311 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @mandarkokate5613
    @mandarkokate5613 Жыл бұрын

    I just loved you also addressed other environmental impacts apart from climate change. Some People only care of ghg emissions and that's all we have solved the problems. No it isn't. We have loads of other environmental destruction activities running as explained in video.

  • @hendrikbarboritsch7003
    @hendrikbarboritsch70033 жыл бұрын

    I've heard the current era being called the Moronocene.

  • @laracunningham7335
    @laracunningham73353 жыл бұрын

    This was very interesting to learn about, really enjoyed it

  • @vanessawiltshire6813
    @vanessawiltshire68137 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.

  • @mafarmerga
    @mafarmerga10 жыл бұрын

    Can you post links to some of figures and references?

  • @finnwilliam4125

    @finnwilliam4125

    3 жыл бұрын

    do you still want them>

  • @mafarmerga

    @mafarmerga

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@finnwilliam4125 Yes please. I have some eg. Vostok ice core, but what are the references for: 3:00 Greenland ice core 8:45 Changes since 1700-1850 Any paper you have published since this that defines the boundaries you speak of.

  • @m9078jk3
    @m9078jk39 жыл бұрын

    Tragically we are headed in the direction towards a future world just like that old movie Soylent Green.The enemy is ourselves and our selfish greed.Can we adapt like using less energy,less resources,riding bicycles or Velomobiles instead of driving cars or living in microhouses instead of McMansions or being more vegetatarians instead of carnivores.Money and greed addiction is very similar to something like Methamphetamine or Heroin addiction.

  • @angeldust43091

    @angeldust43091

    8 жыл бұрын

    So most of the people that are pushing all this global reform for sustainable living (agenda 21) are the ones building the mcmansions or travel in there huge entourage of security cars and planes. The movers and shakers of society should set the tone and show us how it's done

  • @angeldust43091

    @angeldust43091

    8 жыл бұрын

    It will be interesting to see if we can reform

  • @m9078jk3

    @m9078jk3

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mark&Stephanie Silcox "The movers and shakers of society should set the tone and show us how it's done" Indeed so.It's resource overconsumption that's at is one cause of the the problem.Another is energy overconsumption and a unsustainable huge overpopulation of humans.Everyone should downsize and have less children especially the gluttons (wealthy people).

  • @finnwilliam4125
    @finnwilliam41253 жыл бұрын

    What an excellent talk. I would love to listen to a Joe Rogan interview with Will Steffen.

  • @0ld_Scratch
    @0ld_Scratch5 жыл бұрын

    but we also push and transcend boundaries. maybe this is something that needs to happen to radically change or transform humanity, give it more reason for progress and leaving Earth. you can't resurrect or return to a state, time changes everything.

  • @kevin71127
    @kevin7112710 жыл бұрын

    tony shirren The science behind climate change is as irrefutable as it's ever been. This video just proved it! To neglect the information presented to you and dismiss all of it as falsities is downright arrogant.

  • @aussiegirl62113
    @aussiegirl62113 Жыл бұрын

    RIP Will Steffen 😢

  • @Sophisima
    @Sophisima9 жыл бұрын

    But then how is it possible that in some US states the collection of rainwater is forbiden which is a suitable practice to preserve the holocene!?

  • @deskryptic

    @deskryptic

    5 жыл бұрын

    I live in one of these states. The water laws in the West...

  • @Leo-io4bq
    @Leo-io4bq4 жыл бұрын

    12:51 Coronavirus alert

  • @markhamilton2469
    @markhamilton24695 жыл бұрын

    Well Papua New Guinea was joined to Australia 10000 years ago

  • @Woko
    @Woko12 жыл бұрын

    @dojOdRiFTeR im guessing u r in u of c geo 205? lol

  • @andywomack3414
    @andywomack34143 жыл бұрын

    Our civilization is but a blip compared to the span of human existence, five thousand compared to several hundred thousand years. We are an event, not an epoch. The "Anthropocene" is an event.

  • @zakman1964
    @zakman19643 жыл бұрын

    Yes but Money is more important my children need money I need money I need a car I need food I need water II I need and must have because I am special unique and important. Joke of the human RACE

  • @frankkruzich1701
    @frankkruzich17013 жыл бұрын

    Wow anthropocene

  • @andywomack3414

    @andywomack3414

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trying to make an event into an era.

  • @josipazbrasil
    @josipazbrasil8 жыл бұрын

    : /

  • @zakman1964
    @zakman19643 жыл бұрын

    Human Race in a Race to stuff everything

  • @ElleCooper
    @ElleCooper8 жыл бұрын

    400ppm march 2015

  • @laurenb916

    @laurenb916

    3 жыл бұрын

    2020 420 ppm

  • @rksguit
    @rksguit7 жыл бұрын

    Use less water

  • @ghidfg
    @ghidfg5 жыл бұрын

    is it just me or does he sound american>?

  • @Oi....

    @Oi....

    3 жыл бұрын

    Born in America, but lives in Australia, so he picked up an accent.

  • @BudCharlesUnderVlogs
    @BudCharlesUnderVlogs13 жыл бұрын

    We should burn greenhouse gases in space, not on Earth. We should get water from space. We should get fuel from... space.

  • @ivalfo
    @ivalfo9 жыл бұрын

    ...ironic...come back to the holocene starting with claiming for a piece of "russian" antartic land...

  • @U52100
    @U5210010 жыл бұрын

    WTF are you talking about?

  • @Oi....

    @Oi....

    3 жыл бұрын

    Watch it again & pay attention this time....

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