NewsletteroftheAnthropoceneWorkingGroup

Volume8:Reportofactivities2018

December2018

InternationalUnionofGeologicalSciencesInternationalCommissiononStratigraphy

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TableofContentsCHAIRMAN’SCOLUMN 3

FOURTHANTHROPOCENEWORKINGGROUPMEETING 4

SELECTEDPUBLICATIONS 6

KEYREPORTSBYOTHERINTERNATIONALBODIES 10

CONFERENCES/LECTURES 11

AWARDS 16

MEDIA 16

NEWS 18

NEWMEMBERS 19

MEMBERSHIPTODATE 20

ANTHROPOCENEWORKINGGROUP:PROGRAMMEFOR2019 24

NewslettereditedbyColinWaters,JanZalasiewiczandAlexDamianos.ThankstoallcolleagueswhocontributedtothisNewsletter.CoverIllustration:AttendeesattheAnthropoceneWorkingGroupmeetingheldinMainz, 5-8 September2018, hostedby theMax-Planck Institute forChemistry.PhototakenbyNeliMihaylova(MPIC).

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CHAIRMAN’SCOLUMNDearall,

This year, considerable effort has gone into summarizing the stratigraphicevidence that the AWG and others have gathered to date, in our CambridgeUniversity Press volume on the Anthropocene. This volume brings together incoherent formevidence that isotherwisescattered throughoutmanydisparatepublications.Althoughitis(ofcourse)alreadyoutofdate,hopefullyitwillactasawidelyusefulsourcebook,andspringboardforourcontinuingactivities.

Those activitieshavebeenmost ably co-ordinatedas everbyColinWaters (asseen, not least, in the prompt appearance of this annual report), while a verywelcome recent development has been the contribution provided by AlexDamianos,whoaspartofhisPhDisnowworkingasaninternfortheAWG:Alexhasalready,forinstance,revivedandbeguntoupdateourlong-dormantwebsite.Wealsowelcometwonewmemberstothegroup,NeilRoseandBillShotyk,whoboth contributed greatly to the GSSP paper in Earth-Science Reviews andNeilcontinuedwithcontributionstotheCUPbook.Among the activities, a primary task, now begun, is to foster the search forcandidateAnthropoceneGSSPstratotypes.Therearepromisingdevelopments,forinstance theCrawfordLake section inCanadawherea teamheadedbyMartinHeadandFrancineMcCarthyhavebegunwork,ashaveateamfromtheLeibnizInstitute for Baltic Sea Research inWarnemuende (including Juliana AssunçãoIvar do Sul) examining an anoxic marine basins and possibilities clearly existamongtheChineselakesectionsdescribedbyAnZhishengandLiLiatMainz,inthehigh-resolutioncoralarchive,andelsewhere.Thisdetailedandpainstakingworkwill undoubtedly take several years. A recent announcement that BerndSchererattheHausderKulturenderWelt(HKW)inBerlinhassecuredfundingtocontribute to thisundertaking representsa step-change in theprogressof thisprogrammeofanalysis.Meanwhile,wewillexplorethesuggestion,madeattheMainzmeetingbyMartinandhisSQScolleagueKimCohen,ofsomekindofinterimstatusfortheAnthropocenebasedonournowmuch-improvedunderstandingofitsstratigraphiccharacter,andwehopetodevelopcloserandmoreactivelinkswiththeSQSingeneral.Thereisworktodo,too,onexploringthepotentialutilityofaformalizedAnthropocene,anditsrelationtorelatedconcepts.AhighlightoftheyearwasthemeetinginSeptemberattheMaxPlanckInstituteforChemistryinMainz,co-ordinatedbyAstridKaltenbachandColinWaters,witha large, involvedandenthusiasticsetofparticipants, includingPaulCrutzenonboth days. This meeting was notable for the warmth, hospitality and positivecollaborativespiritshownbyourhostsandwehopetodevelopcloserpracticallinkswiththeMPI,notleastregardingongoingGSSPwork.Themeetingindeedstimulated the newAWG logo,MPI-designed from data assembled by ClémentPoirier:showingchangeinrateofchangeofatmosphericCO2concentrationsover20000years,italltooclearlyshowstheAnthropoceneasaverticallineaftertheHolocene/latestPleistocenehorizontalone.

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Beyondtheconfinesofchronostratigraphy,AWGmembershavebeeninvolvedintheAnthropocene’scontinuingwiderreach,throughsuchmeansasBerlin’sHausder Kulturen der Welt’s Anthropocene Curriculum project, the Burtynsky filmAnthropocene,ErleEllis’sAnthropocenebookandPeterHaff’sBeingHumanintheAnthropoceneblog.Moreover,2018sawtheuseoftheAnthropoceneasaframingconceptintheIPCCSpecialReportonGlobalWarmingof1.5⸰ C(thanksalsotoWillSteffen’s contribution to it) and theWWFLiving Planet Report 2018. These allremindus,ifreminderwasneeded,thatourparticularcornerofstratigraphyisnotjustathingofthepast.JanZalasiewicz

FOURTHANTHROPOCENEWORKINGGROUPMEETINGThefourthmeetingoftheAWG,coordinatedbyAstridKaltenbachandColinWaters,washeldinMainzon5th–8thSeptember2018,kindlyhostedbytheMax-PlanckInstituteforChemistry(MPIC).InadditiontomembersoftheAWG,numerousspeakersandattendees,notablyfromtheMax-PlanckInstitute,addedrichlytothedebate.PresentationsfocusseduponthesomeoftherelevantworkcurrentlyundertakenatMPIC,thekeysignalsandpotential environmentswhich could host a GSSP, the utility of theAnthropocene as achronostratigraphicunitandtheuseoftheterminthesocialsciencesandarts.

DiscussionsattheMax-PlanckInstituteforChemistry,Mainz.PhotosbyAstridKaltenbach(MPIC)

Thisisabriefsummaryofthemainprogrammeofpresentations.ThosespeakerswhoarenotmembersoftheAWGhavetheiraffiliationshown.Formultipleauthorpresentations,thespeakerismarkedwithan*.

Thursday,6September20189:30 WelcometotheMaxPlanckInstituteforChemistry

WordsofwelcomebyInstitutedirector,UlrichPöschl9:40–11:05 Session1:IntroductionsandICSbusiness

9:40 Introductionsbythemeetingattendees9:50 Outlineofscopeofmeeting(JanZalasiewicz)

10:10 SQSprogressforHolocenestagedefinitions(MartinHead)

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10:30 ICSprotocolsandkeyconcernsregardingformalisation(PhilGibbard) 10:50Discussion 11:20–13:00Session2:MaxPlanckInstituteforChemistryexpertise

11:20ClimateGeochemistryDepartment(GeraldHaug,ClimateGeochemistryDept.,MPI)

11:40 OrganicIsotopeGeochemistryGroup(AlfredoMartinez-Garcia,MPI)12:00 OrganicIsotopeGeochemistryGroup(NicolasDuprey,MPI)12:20 MultiPhaseChemistryDepartment-ClimateandHealthinthe

Anthropocene (UliPöschl,MultiphaseChemistryDept.,MPI)

12:40 Discussion14:00–15:40Session3:GSSP/auxiliarysectionproposals

14:00 Anthropogenicdeposits:Vienna(MichaelWagreich) 14:20 Peatdeposits:EtangdeGruère(ColinWaters) 14:40 Trees(ColinWaters*&AngusWinter,Univ.ofLeicester) 15:00 Discussion15:40–17:40Session4:GSSP/auxiliarysectionproposals(continued)

15:40 CrawfordLake,Ontario,Canada:aprospectiveGSSPcandidatefortheAnthropoceneEpoch(MartinHead*&FrancineMcCarthy,BrockUniv.).

16:00 Lakedeposits:HuguangyanMaar(AnZhisheng&LiLi,TheInstituteoftheEarthEnvironment,Xi'an*)

16:20 Neobiotasignalsforbiostratigraphy(MarkWilliams&JanZalasiewicz*) 16:40 Speleothems:ErnestoCave(ColinWaters*&IanFairchild) 17:00 Discussion

Friday,7September201809:00–10:20Session5:GSSP/auxiliarysectionproposals(continued 9:00 Ice(ColinSummerhayes) 9:20 Marineanoxicbasins(ColinWaters) 9:40 Corals(ReinholdLeinfelder) 10:00 Radiocarbonbombpeak(IrkaHajdas)

10:20 Discussion10:50–13:00Session6:‘Scientificutility’and‘societal(political)relevance’ 10:50 Introductionandoverview(DavorVidas&JanZalasiewicz*) 11:10 UtilitytoEarthsciences(JanZalasiewicz)

11:30 UtilityoftheAnthropocenetotheEarthSystemsciencecommunity(WillSteffen)

11:50UtilityChallengesofanAnthropoceneEpochforEcology,Archaeology,andGeographicScience(ErleEllis)

12:10 Connectionbetweenpublichealthandclimatechange(JosLelieveld,AtmosphericChemistryDept.,MPI)

12:30 Utilitybeyondphysicalandnaturalsciences:theexampleofinternationallawtheorydevelopment(DavorVidas&JanZalasiewicz*)

12:50 Discussion14:00–16:05Session7:Anthropoceneinthesocialsciencesandarts 14:00 PreviewofAnthropocenefilmfromMercuryfilm

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14:10 Twofundamentalmisconceptionsasprimarycausesofglobalhumanimpacts:Opencyclingofmatterandthemythofunlimitedgrowth(MaxvonTilzer,Univ.ofKonstanz).

14:25 ArchaeologyandtheAnthropocene(NicoleBoivin,MPIJena)14:45TheAnthropoceneandglobalenvironmentalhistory(FranzMauelshagen,

IASSPotsdam)15:05 TheAnthropoceneincultureandart:HKWexample(BerndScherer,Haus

derKulturenderWeltBerlin)15:30 TheAnthropoceneSurge,trackingthelifeofdatainmodifiedground

(KatrinHornek,Univ.ofVienna)15:45 Discussion

16:20–17:40Session8:Funding,futureplansandmeetingconclusions

16:20 Summaryofrecentandpotentialfundingbids(DavorVidas&JanZalasiewicz*)

16:45 Summaryfromajournalist'sperspectiveandcommunicatingtheAnthropocenetoanon-academicaudience(NicolaDavison,Journalist)

17:00 FutureplansandlogisticsoftheAWGprogrammeofworkfor2019and2020(JanZalasiewicz)

SELECTEDPUBLICATIONSThekeyAWGworkover the courseof 2018hasbeenthecompletionofthemanuscriptforthebookTheAnthropoceneasageologicaltime unit. Compiled by the editors: JanZalasiewicz,ColinWaters,MarkWilliamsandColin Summerhayes. ISBN: 9781108475235.CambridgeUniversityPressaimtopublishitbyDecember2018.AnoverviewandTableofContentsisavailablehere.

TheeditorsalsocontributedtofourfeaturearticlesinGeologyTodayVol.34(pt.5),listedbelow.

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TheWorkingGrouphaspublishedover2018,orhasinpressthefollowing:

Waters,C.N.,Zalasiewicz,J.,Summerhayes,C.,Fairchild,I.J.,Rose,N.L.,Loader,N.J.,Shotyk,W.,Cearreta,A.,Head,M.J.,Syvitski,J.P.M.,Williams,M.,Wagreich,M.,Barnosky,A.D.,An,Z.,Leinfelder,R.,Jeandel,C.,Gałuszka,A.,IvardoSul,J.A.,Gradstein,F.,Steffen,W.,McNeill,J.R.,Wing,S.,Poirier,C.,Edgeworth,M.(2018).AGlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionsandPoints (GSSPs) for the Anthropocene Series: Where and how to look for a potentialcandidate. Earth-Science Reviews, 178, 379-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.016

Williams,M.Edgeworth,M.,Zalasiewicz,J.,Waters,C.N.,Steffen,W.,Wolfe,A.,Minter,N.J.,Cearreta, A., Galuszka, A., Haff, P.,McNeill, J., Revkin, A., Richter, D deB., Price, S., andSummerhayes, C. (2019, in press). Underground metro systems: a durable geologicalproxy of rapid urban population growth and energy consumption during theAnthropocene. Anthropocene. Routledge Handbook of Big History (RoutledgeCompanions)editedbyCraigBenjamin,EstherQuaedakersandDavidBaker.Published15thFebruary2019.

Other Anthropocene-related papers/books have been published by AWGmembersover2018:

Bauer,A.M.andEllis,E.C.(2017).TheAnthropocenedivide:Obscuringunderstandingofsocial-environmental change. CurrentAnthropology, 59 (2), 209-215.—A response tothispaperwasprovidedbythefollowingarticle—Zalasiewicz,J.,Waters,C.,Head,M.J.,Steffen, W., Syvitski, J.P., Vidas, D., Summerhayes, C., and Williams, M. (2017). Thegeological and Earth System reality of the Anthropocene: Reply to Bauer and Ellis.CurrentAnthropology,59(2),220-223.

Bennett,C.E.,Thomas,R.,Williams,M.,Zalasiewicz,J.,Edgeworth,M.,Miller,H.,Coles,B.,Foster,A.,Burton,E.J.andMarume,U.(2018).Thebroilerchickenasasignalofahumanreconfiguredbiosphere.RoyalSocietyOpenScience,5:180325.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.180325

Cearreta, A. (2018). In search of the human footprint in Geology (in Spanish). El Paísnewspaper,SuplementoIdeas,158,4. https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/25/ciencia/1527259404_561627.html

Cearreta,A.(2018).IsthereAnthropocene?(inSpanish).InvestigaciónyCiencia,506,88.https://www.investigacionyciencia.es/revistas/investigacion-y-ciencia/humanos-751/existe-el-antropoceno-16867

Cearreta, A., Irabien, M.J. and Gómez Arozamena, J. (2018). Recent anthropogenictransformation of the Pasaia Bay (Guipuzcoa): multidisciplinary analysis of itssedimentary record. Geogaceta, 64, 107-110. https://www.sociedadgeologica.es/publicaciones/geogaceta/2018_64.html

Cooper,A.H.,Brown,T.J.,Price,S.J.,Ford,J.R.andWaters,C.N.(2018,online).Humansarethe most significant global geomorphological driving force of the 21st century.AnthropoceneReview.https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019618800234

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Ellis, E.C. (2018). Anthropocene: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press.https://global.oup.com/academic/product/anthropocene-a-very-short-introduction-9780198792987?cc=gb&lang=en&

Ellis,E.C.,Magliocca,N.R.,Stevens,C.J.andFuller,D.Q.(2018).EvolvingtheAnthropocene:Linking multi-level selection with long-term social-ecological change. SustainabilityScience,13(1),119-128.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0513-6

Fairchild,I.J.(2018).GeochemicalrecordsinSpeleothems.In:DellaSala,D.A.andGoldstein,M.I.(eds.)EncyclopediaoftheAnthropocene,Volume1:GeologicHistoryandEnergy,ElsevierReferenceModules,p205-212.

Fox,T.,Pope,M.andEllis,E.C. (2017,online).Engineering theAnthropocene:ScalableSocial Networks and Resilience Building in Human Evolutionary Timescales. TheAnthropoceneReviewhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2053019617742415

Irabien,M.J., Cearreta,A., Serrano,H. andVillasante-Marcos,V. (2018). EnvironmentalregenerationprocessesintheAnthropocene:TheBilbaoestuarycase(northernSpain).Marine Pollution Bulletin, 135, 977-987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.08.022

Kahiu,W.andHaff,P.,inconversationwithRossée,C.(2018).“FutureWorlds:IntelligentSoil,TechnosphericColonization,andaHabitatofEmotionalParticles”,chap.37inFieldtoPalette:DialoguesonSoilandArtintheAnthropocene,Toland,A.,Stratton,J.,andNoller,G.W.(eds.),CRCPress.

Leinfelder, R. (2018). Foreword Anthropocene in: Tom Hegen, (Hg) HABITAT - vomMenschgeprägteLebensräume/Human-alteredhabitatsBielefeld(Kerber-Verlag),ISBN978-3-7356-0502-3.(bookisinGermanandEnglish,releasedNov2018)

Leinfelder,R.(2018).NachhaltigkeitsbildungimAnthropozän-HerausforderungenundAnregungen. In: LernortLabor - Bundesverband der Schülerlabore e.V. (Hrsg), MINT-Nachhaltigkeitsbildung in Schülerlaboren - Lernen für die Gestaltung einerzukunftsfähigenGesellschaft,S.130-141,Berlin,ISBN978-3-946709-02-2.

Leinfelder, R. andNiebert, K. (2018):Willkommen im Anthropozän. Diskurs über das"Menschenzeitalter" als wissenschaftliche Basis fürwirksame Politik.Umwelt Aktuell,3/2018, 2-3, Deutscher Naturschutzring (Oekom-Verlag).Online-Version:https://www.oekom.de/fileadmin/zeitschriften/umak_Leseproben/ua2018-03-leseprobe.pdf

Steffen, W., Rockström, J., Richardson,, K., Lenton, T.M., Folke, C., Liverman, D.,Summerhayes,C.P.,Barnosky,A.D,Cornell,S.E.,Crucifix,M.,Donges,J.F.,Fetzer,I.,Lade,S.J.,Scheffer,M.,Winkelmann,R.andSchellnhuber,H.J.(2018)TrajectoriesoftheEarthSystem in the Anthropocene. Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences (USA),doi:10.1073/pnas.1810141115

Sterner, T., Barbier, E.B., Bateman, I., van den Bijgaart, I., Crépin, A.-S., Edenhofer, O.,Fischer,C.,Habla,W.,Hassler,J.,Johansson-Stenman,O.,Lange,A.,Polasky,S.Rockström,R.,Smith,H.G.,Steffen,W.,Wagner,G.,Wilen,J.E.,Alpízar,F.,Azar,C.,Carless,D.,Chávez,

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C.,Coria, J.,Engström,G., Jagers,S.C.,Köhlin,G.,Löfgren,Å,Pleijel,H.andRobinson,A.(2018).PolicydesignfortheAnthropocene.NatureSustainability,inpress.

Summerhayes, C.P. and Zalasiewicz, J. (2018). Globalwarming and the Anthropocene.GeologyToday,34(5),194-200.https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12247

Terrington,R.L.,Silva,É.C.N.,Waters,C.N.,Smith,H.,andThorpe,S.(2018).Quantifyinganthropogenic modification of the shallow geosphere in central London, UK.Geomorphology,319,15-34.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.005

Vidas,D. (2018).TheLawof theSea foraNewEpoch? In:S.Hessler (ed.),Tidalectics:ImagininganOceanicWorldviewthroughArtandScience(TheMITPress,CambridgeMA,2018),125–134.

Vidas,D.,Freestone,D.,McAdamJ.(2018).InternationalLawandSeaLevelRise.Brill(InPress).

Wagreich, M. and Draganits, E. (2018). Early mining and smelting lead anomalies ingeological archives as potential stratigraphic markers for the base of an earlyAnthropocene. The Anthropocene Review, 5(2), 177–201.https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019618756682

Waters,C.N.(2018).ArtificialGround.In:P.T.Bobrowsky,B.Marker(eds.),Encyclopediaof Engineering Geology, 30-44. Springer International Publishing.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_21-1

Waters,C.N.,andZalasiewicz,J.(2018).Concrete:themostabundantnovelrocktypeofthe Anthropocene. In: Dominick A. DellaSala, and Michael I. Goldstein (eds.) TheEncyclopedia of the Anthropocene, vol. 1, 75-85. Oxford: Elsevierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.09775-5

Waters, C., and Zalasiewicz, J. (2018). The Anthropocene and Its “Golden Spike”. In:Burtynsky,E.,Baichwal,J.,andDePencier,N.(eds)Anthropocene,35-43.ArtGalleryofOntario.

Waters,C.N.,Graham,C.,Tapete,D.,Price,S.J.,Field,L.,Hughes,A.G.andZalasiewicz, J.(2018, online). Recognising anthropogenic modification of the subsurface in thegeological record. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2017-007

Waters,C.N.,Fairchild,I.J.,McCarthy,F.M.G.,Turney,C.S.M.,Zalasiewicz,J.,andWilliams,M.2018.HowtodatenaturalarchivesoftheAnthropocene.GeologyToday,34(5),182-187.https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12245

Williams,M., Zalasiewicz, J.,Waters, C.,Himson, S., Summerhayes,C.,Barnosky,A. andLeinfelder,R.(2018).ThepalaeontologicalrecordoftheAnthropocene.GeologyToday,34(5),188-193.https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12246

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Zalasiewicz, J., and Waters, C.N. (2018). Arguments for an official Global StratotypeSection and Point for the Anthropocene. In: Dominick A. DellaSala, and Michael I.Goldstein(eds.)TheEncyclopediaoftheAnthropocene,vol.1,p.29-34.Oxford:Elsevier.

Zalasiewicz, J.,Gabbott,S.E.andWatersC.N.(inpress).Chapter23:PlasticWaste:howplastichasbecomepartoftheEarth’sgeologicalcycle.In:TrevorM.LetcherandDanA.Vallero(eds.)Waste:AHandbookforManagement,2ndedition.Elsevier,NewYork.ISBN:9780128150603.

Zalasiewicz,J.,Waters,C.,Summerhayes,C.andWilliams,M.(2018).TheAnthropocene.GeologyToday,34(5),177-181.

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C., Williams, M., Aldridge, D.C. andWilkinson, I.P. (2018). Thestratigraphical signature of the Anthropocene in England and its wider context.Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 129 (3), 482-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.06.004.

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. and Williams, M. (2017). Les strates de la ville del’Anthropocène. Annales, Histoire, Sciences Sociales 72 (2) 329-351. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0395264917000567

Zalasiewicz,J.(2018).Evolutionofthetechnosphere.UNESCOCourier,April-June2018,15-17.

KEYREPORTSBYOTHERINTERNATIONALBODIES

ListedherearekeyreportsfromthepastyearthatmadeextensivereferencetotheAnthropocene.

● Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - WMO-UNEP) 2018. Globalwarmingof1.5°C:AnIPCCSpecialReportontheimpactsofglobalwarmingof1.5°Cabovepre-industriallevelsandrelatedglobalgreenhousegasemissionpathways,inthe context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change,sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. World MeteorologicalOrganization,Geneva,Switzerland,releasedon8thOctober2018.IncludedinBox1.1isadiscussionoftheAnthropoceneconceptandtheworkoftheAWG.(availableonline:www.ipcc.ch)

● WWF2018.LivingPlanetReport-2018:AImingHigher.Grooten,M.andAlmond,R.E.A.(Eds).WWF,Gland,Switzerland.TheAnthropoceneismentionedthroughoutthe report, with a section written by Owen Gaffney. The well-illustrated reportincludes a useful summary of recent biotic change relevant to our studies.https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/living-planet-report-2018

● ILA. 2018. Report Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise of theInternationalLawAssociation(ILA).Brussels,Belgium. IncludesasectionontheAnthropoceneconceptasanoverarchingcontextforthecommittee’sactivities.

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CONFERENCES/LECTURES

MikeEllisandPeterHaff,posteratAmericanGeophysicalUnion,Washington,DC.

Ellis,M.A.,Haff,P.K.,andLazarus,E.,GC31G-1327:EarthOperatingSystem5.0:LawasaGeologicalProcessintheAnthropocene,12/2018.https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/362660

MichaelWagreichpresentationatEGUVienna:ColinN.Waters,MichaelWagreich,JanZalasiewicz,ColinSummerhayes,IanJ.Fairchild,NeilL.Rose,NeilJ.Loader,WilliamShotyk,AlejandroCearreta,MartinJ.Head,JamesP.M.Syvitski,MarkWilliams,AnthonyD.Barnosky,AnZhisheng,ReinholdLeinfelder,CatherineJeandel,AgnieszkaGałuszka,JulianaA.IvardoSul,FelixGradstein,WillSteffen,JohnR.McNeill,ScottWing,ClémentPoirier,MattEdgeworth.GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint(GSSP)fortheAnthropoceneSeries:Whereandhowtolookforpotentialcandidates.EuropeanGeophysicalUnionSSP2.1-IntegratedStratigraphy-Recentadvancesinstratigraphicsystemsandagemodelling,onFriday,13April2018.https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-4590.pdf

ReinholdLeinfelderpresentationatEGUVienna:Leinfelder,R.(2018):TheFutureofReefsintheAnthropocene.Integratedhigh-resolutionstratigraphyasamonitoring,assistingandpredictivetool.-GeophysicalResearchAbstracts,Vol.20,EGU2018-7256,2018,EuropeanGeosciencesUnionGeneralAssembly2018,SSP2.1,https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-7256.pdf

Leinfelder,R.(2018):WelcometotheAnthropocene-TheEarthinourHands.EuropeanGeosciencesUnion-GeneralAssembly2018,GeoscienceInformationforTeachers(GIFT)Workshop,EOS1,BrochurewithProgramandExtendedAbstracts,pp.52-55,GIFT/EGU.

Posters:DasAnthropozän–EinneuesErdzeitalter?(MichaelWagreich)andDasAnthropozänvonWien(K.Lappé,M.Meszar,K.Hornek,M.Wagreich.Seealsowebpage:http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/forschung/detailansicht/artikel/die-vermessung-des-wiener-anthropozaens/

Environmentinconversation:Theendofnature?LifeintheAnthropocene.17thApril,NaturalHistoryMuseum,Vienna.Presentationtitle“Introductorylecture:TheAnthropocene-IstheHumananewgeologicalgreatpower?”AlsopaneldiscussionalsoinvolvingEvaHorn,ChristianSchwägerlandVerenaWiniwarter.

MichaelWagreichpresentationattheXXIInternationalCongressoftheCarpathianBalkanGeologicalAssociation(CBGA),UniversityofSalzburg(Austria),September10-13,2018:ColinN.Waters,MichaelWagreich,andtheAWG.CandidatesforGobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint(GSSP)foranAnthropocenechronostratigraphicunit.

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Otherspecificpresentations:

AlejandroCearreta:

“The Anthropocene”. Summer School on Climate Risk and the future of InternationalClimatePolicy,UniversityoftheBasqueCountryUPV/EHUandBasqueCentreforClimateChange,Bilbao(E),4July2018.

Expert Reviewer of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5oC GlobalWarming (SR1.5, SecondOrderDraft).

ExpertRevieweroftheIPCCSpecialReportontheOceanandCryosphereinaChangingClimate(SROCC,FirstandSecondOrderDrafts).

Serrano,H.,Cearreta,A.andIrabien,M.J.,“Recentgeologicalrecordofhumanimpactandenvironmental improvement in the Abra of Bilbao (N Spain): A geochemical andmicrofaunal approach”, 15th International SymposiumonOceanographyof theBayofBiscay,Anglet(F),5-7June2018.

Cearreta,A.,Irabien,M.J.,GómezArozamena,J.andSerrano,H.,“EnvironmentalimpactofminingactivityontheSuancesestuary(NSpain),9thSymposiumontheAtlanticIberianMargin,Coimbra(P),4-7September2018.

“TheAnthropocene:Arewelivinginanewgeologicaltime?,10thArchaeologicalMeeting,BilbaoArchaeologicalMuseum,27September2018.

AgnieszkaGałuszka:

“ShouldanewepochintheEarth’shistorybedeclared?”AnopenlecturetothepublicpresentedintheCentreofGeoeducationinKielce,PolandonMay17th2018

ReinholdLeinfelder:

Leinfelder,R.(2018).WelcometotheAnthropocene–TheEarthinourHands.EOS1:GeoscienceInformationforTeachers(GIFT)Workshop.EuropeanGeosciencesUnion,GeneralAssembly,WorkshopEOS1,Vienna.BrochurewithProgramandExtendedAbstracts,pp.52-55,GIFT/EGU.(https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/sessionprogramme)

TheFutureofReefsintheAnthropocene.Integratedhigh-resolutionstratigraphyasamonitoring,assistingandpredictivetool

(Abstract:https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-7256.pdf,withinSession"Tropicalcoralarchives–Reconstructionsofclimateandenvironmentbeyondtheinstrumentalrecordatsociety-relevanttimescales“,https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/orals/28768)

8Feb2018:Paneldiscussion"Science,policy&globalsustainability"GermanFutureEarthSummit,Berlin.

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26 May 2018: Von der Umwelt zur Unswelt - Das Potenzial des Anthropozän-Konzeptes für den Geographieunterricht. Landesfachtagung Geographie, Kiel /AssociatonofGeographyTeachers,Schleswig-Holstein,Annualmeeting,Kiel.

30May2018:Keynote:DasAnthropozän-DieErdeinunsererHand.Öff.Tagung"DasAnthropozän"-MussundkannderMenschdieVerantwortungfürdieZukunftderErdeübernehmen?(imRahmenderDesign-Tage2018),Coburg.

4Jun2018:Salon:HolozänoderAnthropozän.SalongesprächinderKomischenOperBerlin,inKooperationmitderSchering-Stiftung.

9 Jun2018: Vortrag:Technofossilien, Lazarus-RiffeundNeonatur -ÖkologieundGeologieimAnthropozän(sowieweitereAktivitätenzuRiffenundPlastik.LangeNachtderWissenschaften(GeocampusLankwitz,FreieUniversitätBerlin)

14 Jun 2018: Die Zukunft im Anthropozän gestalten - Herausforderungen undChancen für einen integrativen BNE-Ansatz. BNE-Kolloqium der PädagogischenHochschuleHeidelberg.

19 Jun 2018: Die Zukunft nachhaltig gestalten - Das Potenzial des Anthropozän-Konzeptes für Multiplikatoren und Lernlabore. Keynote, BNE-Tour 2018 desNationalenAktionsplansBildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE), in Koop.mit derDeutschenUNESCO-Kommission.Berlin,FreieUniversität

19Sep2018:TheAnthropocenerevisited-Conceptionallevels,newnarrativesandfuture pathways. Summerschool at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies(IASS),Potsdam.

9Oct2018:"MachtEuchdieErdeuntertan!"AnthropozänoderdasEndederErde?.VIX.Albert-Gespräch,Albertus-Magnus-StiftungKöln

13 Dec 2018: Das Anthropozän - von der geowissenschaftlichen Analyse zurZukunftsverantwortung.Vortragsreihe"Mensch-Umwelt",GeographischeGesellschaftMünchen,DepartmentfürGeographie,LMUMünchen,

Reinhold Leinfelder was member of the Advisory Council for the exhibition“MenschenWelt” of the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU), alsopresentingtheopeningtalk:28Aug2018:PlanetareLeitplankenalsWegweiserderMenschenWelt.EröffnungsvortragzurAusstellung "MenschenWelt"amDBU-ZentrumfürUmweltkommunikation,Osnabrück

J.R.McNeill:

“EnvironmentalHistoryintheUSAandtheAnthropocene,”EncuentroAnualdelaRedEspañoladeHistoriaAmbiental,UniversityofGranada(8November)

“TheAnthropoceneandaSpanishCoastalDelta,”LSUCollegeoftheCoastandEnvironment(9February)

“TheAnthropoceneDebates,”ArizonaStateUniversity(25January)

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WillSteffen:

“TheAnthropocene:WhereistheEarthSystemgoing?”UniversityoftheThirdAge,Canberra,Australia,15February.

“TheAnthropocene:RisingRisks,CriticalChoices”CambridgeInstituteforSustainabilityLeadershipseminar,Melbourne,Australia,5March.

“TheAnthropocene:RisingRisks,CriticalChoices”,UniversityofQueenslandpubliclecture,Brisbane,Australia,7March.

“TheAnthropocene:RisingRisks,CriticalChoices”,TheAustralianNationalUniversityEmeritusFacultyseminarseries,Canberra,Australia,4April.

“TheAnthropocene:RisingRisks,CriticalChoices”,AnotherDevelopmentFoundationseminar,Umeå,Sweden,11June.

“TheAnthropocene,PlanetaryBoundariesandtheBiosphere:Challengesofthe21stCentury,EuropeanCongressofConservationBiology2018,Jyväskylä,,Finland,15June.

“RethinkingDesignandPlanningfortheAnthropoceneTransition”,AnthropoceneTransitionProject,UniversityofTechnology-Sydney,Sydney,Australia,27August.

“TheAnthropocene:ChallengesoftheHumanAge”,UniversityofTechnology-Sydneypubliclecture,Sydney,Australia,28August.

“TheAnthropocene:ChallengesoftheHumanAge”,UniversityofTechnology-Sydneypubliclecture,Sydney,Australia,28August.

Anthropocene:RisingRisks,CriticalChoices”,AustralianInterculturalFoundation,Sydney,Australia,29August.

“TheEarthSystem,theAnthropoceneandPlanetaryBoundaries”,CommonHomeforHumanitylaunchsymposium,Porto,Portugal,24September.

“EarthSystemDynamics:AsystemsapproachtotheAnthropocene”,UniversityofPortopubliclecture,Porto,Portugal,25September.

“TheAnthropocene:RisingRisks,CriticalChoices”,XVChileanGeologicalCongress,Concepción,Chile,22November.

ColinSummerhayes:

“WelcometotheAnthropocene–CanweEngineerourPlanetaryFuture?”GuildfordInstituteClimateChangeCourseLecture,July23,2018

“TheAnthropocene:HowHumanshaveChangedOurEarth”.ThreeCountiesScienceGroup,WI,Shalford,Surrey,October22,2018.

“TheAnthropocene:HowHumanshaveChangedOurEarth”.MoleValleyGeologicalSociety,Dorking,November8,2018.

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“TheScienceoftheAnthropocene:Humanity’sEffectsontheSurfaceofthePlanet.”U3A,Guildford,December11,2018.

J.P.SyvitskiwithcontributionsfromtheAnthropoceneWorkingGroup:

TheAnthropocene—fromconcepttoGeologicalEpoch.20thInternationalSedimentologicalCongress,QuebecCity,August13-17,2018.KeynotepresentationAug.13,2018.http://isc2018.org/sites/ics2018/files/ias_abstract_2018_syvitski.pdf

DavorVidas:

“InternationalLawandSeaLevelRise:themandateandtheworkoftheILACommittee,2012-2018”. Speech by the Committee Chair at the 78th Biennial Conference of theInternationalLawAssociation,Sydney,Australia,19-24August2018.

“TheLawoftheSeaforanAnthropoceneEpoch”.InvitedspeechattheResearchCouncilof Norway “Ocean Science” Conference, Lillestrøm, Norway, 24-25 October 2018:https://www.fni.no/news/changing-oceans-in-the-anthropocene-norway-takes-a-leadership-role-article1844-330.html

MichaelWagreich:

InterviewwithStandardNewspaper:https://mobil.derstandard.at/jetzt/livebericht/2000085765001/chat-am-mittwoch-geologe-wagreich-beantwortet-ihre-fragen-zum-zustand-der-erde

CollaborationonDossierofAustriaPresAgency“DasErdzeitalterderMenschen”(05/2018):https://science.apa.at/dossier/Das_Erdzeitalter_der_Menschen/SCI_20180528_SCI78995083642464394

Contributionto“ForumAnthropozän",includingapressconference,alectureandaplenarydiscussionintheAustrianNationalParcHoheTauern,Carinthia,Austria(06/2018):https://uniclub.aau.at/forumanthropozaen/

TheAnthropocenewasalsofeaturedattheLongNightofResearchofAustria,whichtookplaceonFridayApril13th.

ColinWaters:

“TheAnthropocene:anoverviewofgeologicalassessmenttodate”.Quaternaire11:Orléans13-15thFebruary2018.

“HumantransformationoftheplanetandtheinceptionoftheAnthropocene”LeicesterSkeptics20thFebruary2018.

“TheAnthropocene:anoverviewofgeologicalassessmenttodate”.NorthEasternGeologicalSociety,Durham16thMarch2018.

KeynotepresentationatManchesterMunicipalUniversitySchoolofScienceandtheEnvironmentResearchDay7thJune2018.

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PlasticpollutioninanewAnthropoceneworld.MarketHarborough16thJune2018.

“TheAnthropoceneEpoch:theexpressionofthehumanfootprintontheEarth”.GroundworkGalleryKing’sLynnTheoriesoftheEarth-interactionsbetweenhistory,scienceandartisticpractice30thNovember.

AWARDS

Catherine Jeandel received the Georges Millot Award and Medal from the FrenchAcademyofScience “forheroutstandingcontribution to thestudyof thebehaviourofmetalsandrareearthsintheocean.”ShehasalsobeenmadeafellowoftheAmericanGeophysicalUnion.

J.R.McNeillreceivedtheHeinekenPrizeinhistoryfromtheRoyalNetherlandsAcademyofArtsandSciences,awardedeverytwoyearsfor‘outstandingcontributionstohistoricalresearch.’

JanZalasiewicz received thePrestwichMedal from theGeological Society of London.ThisMedal is awarded every three years to persons ‘who shall have donewell for theadvancementofthescienceofgeology’.

MEDIA

SpecificmediaoutputrelatedtoworkbymembersoftheAWGinclude:

AlejandroCearreta:

Interviewed in “The Anthropocene: Are we in a new geological time?” (in Basque)publishedinHirukamagazine,January2018.https://hiruka.eus/prentsa/389

Interviewed in “Today the Technosphere has more “species” than the Biosphere” (inBasque) published in Berria newspaper, 14 August 2018.https://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/1857/004/001/2018-08-14/egun_biosferan_baino_espezie_gehiago_daude_teknosferan.htm

MattEdgeworth:

ConversationwithenvironmentalscientistSharonGeorgein“Plasticisnowpartofourplanet’sfabric–ascientistandarchaeologistdiscusswhathappensnext?”publishedinTheConversation,November27,2018.https://theconversation.com/plastic-is-now-part-of-our-planets-fabric-a-scientist-and-archaeologist-discuss-what-happens-next-106019

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ErleEllis:

OpinionrelatingtoAnthropocenepublishedintheNewYorkTimeSundayReview.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/science-people-environment-earth.html

PeterHaff:

Peterhasdevelopedablogtitled“BeingHumanintheAnthropocene”:http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/anthropocene/.ReinholdLeinfelder:FeatureonplasticsandtheTeufelsbergsinARTETV,Plastiküberall-GeschichtenvomMüll.3Apr2018(severalrebroadcasts)HessischerRundfunk-Inforadio,WemgehörtdieNatur?(Funkkolleg),VonDagmarRöhrlich,mitJanZalasiewicz,PeterHaff,WolfgangWelsch,KatrinBöhning-Gaese,BronislawSzerszynskiundReinholdLeinfelder,7Apr2018.

Tagesspiegel:WenigHoffnungfürdiebuntenParadieseAufderSuchenachRettung:GeobiologeReinholdLeinfelderundseinTeamerforschendieAnpassungsfähigkeitvonRiffen;vonCatarinaPietschmann,BeilagederFreienUniversitätvom14April2018,S.B1.

DerTagesspiegel,print,WissenundForschen,S.25:DieSpurdesMenschen.SindPlastikundAtommüllgenug,diesesErdzeitalter"Anthropozän"zutaufen?InderKomischenOperdiskutiertenExperten,7Jun2018;Englishversion:8Jun2018:UniversityNews,FreieUniversitätBerlin:LittleHopefortheColorfulParadisesThesearchforsalvation:GeobiologistReinholdLeinfelderandhisteamstudytheadaptabilityofreefs.

Deutschlandfunk,DasEndederUnbesorgtheit-DiemenschengemachteNaturunddasAnthropozän.InInformationundMusik;Mediatheksiehe21Jun2018.

Deutschlandfunk,zurNeudefinitiondesHolozänunddemVerbleibdesAnthropozän.InForschungAktuell,Mediathek.24Jun2018,

GemeinsamLernen.ZeitschriftfürSchule,PädagogikundGesellschaft.3/2018(ThemenheftGlobalGoals):DasAnthropozän.EinintegrativesWissenschafts-undBildungskonzept.1Jul2018.

RadioWDR3,Albert-Gespräch:MachtEuchdieErdeuntertan!AnthropozänoderdasEndederErde?.WDR-3Forum,nähereInfos,danachviapodcast,14Oct2018.

FrankfurterAllgemeineZeitung:WelcheZukunftfürdieStädteunterWasser?print/ePaper,SeiteN2,Nr.241,17Oct2018.

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ReinholdLeinfelder’sblog“DerAnthropozäniker”nowalsohasa(mostlyautomatized)translationfeatureintoenglishandotherlanguages:https://scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropozaeniker/Englishversionavailablehere.

MichaelWagreich:

InterviewwithStandardNewspaperandcontributedtotheirsciencepapers(inGerman)https://mobil.derstandard.at/jetzt/livebericht/2000085765001/chat-am-mittwoch-geologe-wagreich-beantwortet-ihre-fragen-zum-zustand-der-erde

ColinWaters:

InterviewwithColinBarrashttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180205-the-unexpected-signposts-of-our-new-era

BBCRadio4InsideScience(Thursday8thNovember2018):https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000118s(interviewedfrom7m38s)

BBCRadio4ScienceinAction(Thursday8thNovember2018):https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswmq9(from44s)

NEWS

● Bernd Scherer, Director of theHaus der Kulturen derWelt in Berlin has securedfundingfromtheGermangovernmenttoallowasignificantcontributiontothephaseofGSSPanalysis.FundingwillcommenceinJanuary2019andlastfortwoyears.Thisfundingwillhelpsupportexaminationofexistingsitesbeingconsidered,andallowcollectionandanalysisofcorefromadditionalsites,providingabroadsuiteofproxyanalysisacrossdiverseenvironmentsandgloballydistributedlocations.

● MichaelWagreich&KatrinHornek:TheAnthropoceneSurge-evolution,expansionanddepthofVienna’surbanenvironment.ResearchprojectatUniversityofVienna.

● AlejandroCearreta:TheAnthropocenesedimentaryrecordincoastalsettingsofNSpain. Research project at University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Bilbao,Spain).

● ColinWatershasbeenawardedavisitingProfessorshipattheUniversityofViennafrom15thMarchto14thApril2019.

● EdwardBurtynsky receivedaward forPhotoLondon’sMasterofPhotography for2018;JanZalasiewiczandColinWaterswenttoSomersetHouseon17thMayfortheaward ceremony and exhibition of his work on the theme of the Anthropocene.https://photolondon.org/event/photo-london-master-of-photography-edward-burtynsky/

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● AndrewRevkin, formerAWGmemberhas joinedNationalGeographicand inMaypublished a new book: Weather: An Illustrated History: From Cloud Atlases toClimateChange(SterlingIllustratedHistories).

● 54thAnnualMeetingoftheGeologicalSocietyofAmerican(NortheasternSection),tobeheldMarch17-19,2019inPortland,Maine.Thesession“BeyondSustainabililty:TheAnthropoceneas aparadigm for thinkingabout theEarthacrossdisciplines,”convenedbyGaryGomby,CentralConnecticutStateUniversityandW.JohnKressoftheSmithsonian.

● 15thSpanishNationalMeetingonQuaternary, tobeheld July1-5,2019 inBilbao(Spain). The session “Sedimentary record of the Anthropocene”, convened byAlejandro Cearreta and Juan Remondo, University of Cantabria (Spain).https://www.ehu.eus/documents/9074919/10824803/ST1-Registro-sedimentario-Antropoceno.pdf/5f193636-15d4-1c92-eb12-709e256fc3d8;https://www.ehu.eus/xvreunioncuaternario

● Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise of the International LawAssociation(ILA)presentedthefinalreportofthefirstphaseofitsmandate(2012-2018)atthe78thILABiennialConferenceinSydney,Australia,19-24August2018.Asection on the Anthropocene concept has been included in a part discussing thebackgroundfortheCommittee.The2018ILAReportisavailableonline,attheILAwebsite,at:http://www.ila-hq.org/index.php/committees

● ArelatednewbytheFridtjofNansenInstitute:https://www.fni.no/news/sydney-international-law-association-adopts-two-resolutions-on-sea-level-rise-article1805-330.html

NEWMEMBERS

2018sawtheintroductionoftwonewworkinggroupmembersandthefirstAWGintern.

● Alexander Damianos has joined as the first AWG intern, assisting with thewebsiteandadministrativemanagementofthegroupandtheiractivities.HeisaPhD candidate at the law department of the London School of Economics &PoliticalScienceresearchingdecision-makingproceduresingeology.

● Neil Rose is Professor of Environmental Pollution and Palaeolimnology atUniversityCollegeLondon(UCL).AftercompletinghisundergraduatedegreeinChemistry with Geochemistry at the University of Leicester, he worked as afreshwaterscientistwiththeBritishAntarcticSurvey,spendingovertwoyearsonthe Signy Island base in the South Orkney Islands. His PhD and post-doctoralresearch has primarily focussed on the spatial and temporal distribution ofpollutants, especially fly-ash particles, in natural archives focussing on lakesediments.Hisrecentresearchhashighlightedtheroleofclimatechangeontheremobilisation of legacy pollutants from lake catchments, the toxic effects ofcombinedcontaminantsonaquaticorganismsandthepotentialforfly-ashtoact

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as a stratigraphic marker for the mid-20th century. Neil has over 30 years’experienceinpalaeolimnologyandhasundertakenresearchfieldworkinuplandandmountainregionsinmanyareasoftheworld.Inthecomingyearshehopestocontinuehisworkon fly-ashstratigraphy,expandingdatasets intocurrentlydata-sparse areas of the world, especially the southern hemisphere, and todevelopfly-ashrecordsinmarinesediments,peatsequencesand,stemmingfromnewcollaborationwithintheAWG,explorethepossibilitiesofthefly-ashrecordincorals.

● WilliamShotykreceivedhisB.Sc.(Agr.)inSoilScienceandChemistryfromtheUniversity of Guelph and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of WesternOntario.FollowingpostdoctoralresearchattheUniversityofCalifornia,Riversideand UWO, he worked at the University of Berne in Switzerland where hecompletedaHabilitation inGeochemistry, in1995.HebecameProfessorat theUniversity of Heidelberg in Germany, and Director of the Institute ofEnvironmentalGeochemistry, inOctoberof2000.He joined theDepartmentofRenewable Resources at the University of Alberta in October of 2011, as theBocock Chair in Agriculture and the Environment. With more than 230publications, he was awarded the Philippe Duchaufour Medal for Soil SystemScience by the European Geoscience Union (2013) andwas recently elected aFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanada(2018).HeisthefounderandPresidentofthe Elmvale Foundation, a federally registered charity for environmentaleducation which hosts the annual ElmvaleWater Festival (www.elmvale.org).Overthepast40years,withthehelpoffamilyandfriends,hehasplanted25,000trees(morethan50species)onhisfamilyfarmpropertynearElmvale,Ontario.

MEMBERSHIPTODATE

Listedherearenamesofmemberstodateandtheircontactdetails(asof1stDecember2018).

TonyBarnoskyJasperRidgeBiologicalPreserve,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA94305,USAe-mail:tonybarnosky@stanford.eduAlejandroCearretaDepartamentodeEstratigrafíayPaleontología,FacultaddeCienciayTecnología,UniversidaddelPaísVascoUPV/EHUApartado644,48080Bilbao,Spaine-mail:alejandro.cearreta@ehu.eusPaulCrutzenMax-Planck-InstituteforChemistry,DepartmentofAtmosphericChemistry,POBox3060,D-55020Mainz,Germanye-mail:paul.crutzen@mpic.de

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MattEdgeworthHonoraryResearchFellow,SchoolofArchaeologyandAncientHistory,UniversityRoad,Leicester,UKe-mail:me87@le.ac.ukErleEllisDepartmentofGeography&EnvironmentalSystems,211SondheimHall,UniversityofMaryland,BaltimoreCounty,1000HilltopCircle,Baltimore,MD21250USAe-mail:ece@umbc.eduMikeEllisBritishGeologicalSurvey,Keyworth,NottinghamNG125GG,UKe-mail:mich3@bgs.ac.ukIanFairchildSchoolofGeography,EarthandEnvironmentalSciencesUniversityofBirminghamB152TT,UKe-mail:i.j.fairchild@bham.ac.ukAgnieszkaGałuszkaInstituteofChemistry,JanKochanowskiUniversity15GŚwiętokrzyskaSt,25-406Kielce,Polande-mail:aggie@ujk.edu.plPhilipGibbardScottPolarResearchInstitute,UniversityofCambridge,LensfieldRoadCAMBRIDGECB21ER.e-mail:plg1@cam.ac.ukJacquesGrinevaldIHEID,CheminEugèneRigot2,1211Genève11Switzerlande-mail:jacques.grinevald@graduateinstitute.chPeterHaffNicholasSchooloftheEnvironment,DukeUniversityGraingerHall,9CircuitDrive,DurhamNC27710USAe-mail:pkhaff@gmail.comIrkaHajdasLaboratoryofIonBeamPhysics,ETHOtto-Stern-Weg5,8093Zurich,Switzerlande-mail:hajdas@phys.ethz.chMartinHead

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DepartmentofEarthSciences,BrockUniversity,1812SirIsaacBrockWay,St.Catharines,ON,L2S3A1Canadae-mailmhead@brocku.caJulianaAssunçãoIvardoSulLeibnizInstituteforBalticSeaResearchWarnemüende(IOW)BiologicalOceanographySectionSeestrasse15,18119Rostock,Germanye-mail:juliana.ivardosul@io-warnemuende.deCatherineJeandelLEGOS(CNRS/CNES/IRD/UniversitéPaulSabatier),14avenueEdouardBelin,31400Toulouse,France.e-mail:catherine.jeandel@legos.obs-mip.frReinholdLeinfelderDept.ofGeologicalSciences,FreieUniversitätBerlin,Malteserstraße74-100,buildingD,D-12249Berlin,Germanye-mail:reinhold.leinfelder@fu-berlin.deJohnMcNeillGeorgetownUniversityWashingtonDCUSAe-mail:mcneillj@georgetown.eduCathNealDepartmentofArchaeology,UniversityofYork,King’sManor,YorkYO17EP,UKe-mail:cath.neal@york.ac.ukEricOdadaGeologyDepartment,UniversityofNairobi,ChiromoCampus,RiversideDriveP.O.Box30197.Nairobi,Kenyae-mail:eodada@uonbi.ac.keNaomiOreskesTheDepartmentoftheHistoryofScience,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA02138,USAe-mail:oreskes@fas.harvard.eduClémentPoirierMorphodynamiqueContinentaleetCôtière,UniversitédeCaenNormandie,CNRS;24ruedesTilleuls,F-14000Caen,Francee-mail:clement.poirier@unicaen.frDandeB.RichterNicholasSchooloftheEnvironmentDukeUniversity,9CircuitDrive,Box90328,Durham,NC27708,USAe-mail:drichter@duke.edu

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NeilRoseEnvironmentalChangeResearchCentre,DepartmentofGeography,UniversityCollegeLondon,GowerStreet,LondonWC1E6BT,UKe-mail:n.rose@ucl.ac.ukBillShotykDepartmentofRenewableResources,UniversityofAlberta,348BSouthAcademicBuilding,Edmonton,AlbertaT6G2H1,Canadae-mail:shotyk@ualberta.caWillSteffenTheAustralianNationalUniversity,CanberraACT0200,Australia.e-mail:will.steffen@anu.edu.auColinSummerhayesScottPolarResearchInstitute,UniversityofCambridge,LensfieldRoad,CambridgeCB21ER,UKe-mail:cps32@cam.ac.ukJaiSyvitskiInstituteofArcticandAlpineResearch,UniversityofColorado,BoulderCampus,Box545,BoulderCO,80309-0545,USAe-mail:Jai.syvitski@colorado.eduDavorVidasLawoftheSeaandMarineAffairsProgrammeTheFridtjofNansenInstitute,FridtjofNansensvei17,POBox326,1326Lysaker,Norwaye-mail:dvidas@fni.noMichaelWagreichDepartmentofGeodynamicsandSedimentologyCenterforEarthSciences,UniversityofViennaAlthanstrasse14,A-1090Vienna,Austriae-mail:michael.wagreich@univie.ac.atColinWaters(Secretary)SchoolofGeography,GeologyandtheEnvironment,UniversityofLeicester,UniversityRoad,LeicesterLE17RH,UKe-mail:cw398@le.ac.ukMarkWilliamsSchoolofGeography,GeologyandtheEnvironment,UniversityofLeicester,UniversityRoad,LeicesterLE17RH,UKe-mail:mri@le.ac.ukScottWing

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Dept.ofPaleobiology,MuseumofNaturalHistorySmithsonianInstitution,WashingtonDC,20013USAe-mail:wings@si.eduAlexWolfeDepartmentofBiologicalSciencesUniversityofAlberta,EdmontonABT6G2E9,Canadae-mail:awolfe@ualberta.caJanZalasiewicz(Chair)SchoolofGeography,GeologyandtheEnvironment,UniversityofLeicester,UniversityRoad,LeicesterLE17RH,UKe-mail:jaz1@le.ac.ukAnZhisheng(Xi’an)StateKeyLaboratoryofLoessandQuaternaryGeology,TheInstituteoftheEarthEnvironment,ChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS),10FenghuiSouthRoad,Xi’anHigh-TechZone,Xi’an710075,Chinae-mail:anzs@loess.llqg.ac.cn

ANTHROPOCENEWORKINGGROUP:PROGRAMMEFOR2019

• Consolidatework on potential GSSP site assessmentswith support fromHKWprojectfunding.

• AWGtoholdvoteoninterimdefinitionofAnthropoceneandcommunicateresulttoSQSsothattheycanholdabindingtestvote.TheICSandSQSmaybeopentointerimproposals foranAnthropoceneepoch ifsufficientevidence iscompiledsoon.

• Arrange next AWGmeeting to be held in NewOrleans, 7-8th November, to befollowedbytheAnthropoceneRiverCampus.

• ReviewcompositionoftheAWGmembershiptoincorporatenewmemberswithspecialismsnotcurrentlycoveredbythegroupthatarenecessaryforanalysingproxymarkersandremovenon-activemembers.

• Pursueworkonanalysingandarticulating theutilityof theAnthropoceneasaformalpartoftheInternationalChronostratigraphicChart.

• Finalize ideas about best strategy for initial communication to SQS and ICS;potentialinvolvementofmembersofbothbodiesinfutureAWGmeetings.

• Aim to convene multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary session on theAnthropocene at EGU2019 (8-12th April). Michael Wagreich coordinating theUniversityofViennainterdisciplinaryworkshop(Anthropocene-challengingthedisciplines)on8thApril.

• AimtopresentonprogresstoStrati2019inMilan(2-5thJuly)

JanZalasiewicz(Chair)

ColinWaters(Secretary)

December2018

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