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Letter: Try this spot as birthplace of our new geological era (2)

Published 16 February 2022

From Peter Sutton, Guildford, Surrey, UK

I am struggling to answer one question about the Anthropocene: which is more stupid, bringing about the devastation of Earth or naming this event after ourselves?

Issue no. 3374 published 19 February 2022

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