Welcome to the plastisphere 欢迎来到塑料星球 What is pollution to some is opportunity toothers 对一些人意味着污染对另一些人却意味着是机会 SINCE 2008 geologists have been mulling over the idea of the Anthropocene, a proposed newepoch in the history of the Earth that would encompass the years in which people have hadprofound effects on the planet s workings. 自2008年以来,地质学家一直在研究人类纪这一理念,人类纪是在地球历史上提出的新纪元,其囊括了人们深刻地影响地球的运作的年代。 Most often, discussion of theAnthropocene revolves around how atmospheric chemistry has changed since the beginningof the industrial revolution. 大多数时候,人类纪的讨论大多是围绕着从工业革命开始大气化学有何种变化进行的。 Sometimes the effects of new terrestrial ecosystems, in the form of fields, pastures andplantations, are also considered. 有时新型陆地系统所产生的影响也考虑在内。 To date, though, how the Anthropocene has created new ecosystems in the oceans as wellas on land has not been much examined. 到目前为止,然而人类纪是如何创造新型海洋及陆地生态系统并未做过多的研究。 |