The HOLOCENE PERIOD began 12.000 years ago ~ 10,000 BC ~ after the last ice age. The HUMAN POPULATION was less tha 2 million. By 1950 the Human Population was 2.5 billion and because of their number and technological activity and urbanisation the Human Race was adversely and irreversibly affecting the Earth's Evironment. In the last 70 years the Human Population has trebled (7.4 billion). 1950 was the beginning of the ANTHROPOCENE PERIOD !
A NTHROPOCENE Geological Period
N EW since 1950 ~ caused by Human
T ECHNOLOGICAL and Industial activity
H EATING of the Earth ~ called Global Warming ~ is
R ESPONSIBLE for profound irreversible climate changes !
O RDINARILLY the Earth's systems (Wind Cycles ~ Water Cycle etc.)
P ROVIDED a control system and restored EQUILIBRIUM
O VER the past seventy years (since 1946) Human influence has
C AUSED overload in the control systems ~ and
E QUILIBRIUM has NOT been restored ~ and Gobal Warming has
N OT decreased but increased ~ ice caps are melting ~ Planet
E ARTH is changing ~ due to Man ~ THE ANTHROPOCENE PERIOD !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome~ Love to ALL ~ BRIAN XOX
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BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ~ The atmospheric carbon dioxide (a Greenhouse Gas) had doubled from 180 parts per million to 360 ppm. This has resulted in an average global temperature increase from 15 to 16 C. This has cause the irreversible melting of the Polar Ice Caps and a rise in sea level which results in coastal flooding and loss of arable land. On estimate for sea rise over the next 100 years is 24 inches (60 cms) . These disastrous environmental effects are all MAN MADE which is why we have now passed from the HOLOCENE to the ANTHROPOCENE PERIOD. Please comment ~ Love BRIAN XOX
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Awesome write
Thanks TONY pleased you enjoyed ~ BRIAN
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Very good acrostic. Extremely informative. Great authors notes too. Great job altogether! Hugs in spirit-Christina
THANKS CHRIS ~ Pleased you like it ! I like to post a SCIENTIFIC POEM once a week ! Agape HUGS ~ BRIAN
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