From Jeff Harte
Robert Macfarlane’s call for an Anthropocene glossary is timely (19/26 December 2015, p 82). The desecration of the planet is a real concern, among the younger generation in particular. This is reflected in The New Geography Dictionary published by the Geography Teachers’ Association of New South Wales in Australia, which defines a “quoquake” as the devastation caused by land clearing, salinity and soil erosion.
New vocabulary is required in this new world for which humans are responsible. It would be good to hear of other examples.
Sydney, Australia
