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Great Acceleration: a standalone construct

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GreatAcceleration1 CONSTRUCTGreat AccelerationSTEFFEN · EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE

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Earth system science

the sharp, simultaneous rise in human activity and Earth system change indicators since about 1950.

In earth system science, Great Acceleration refers to the sharp, simultaneous rise in human activity and Earth system change indicators since about 1950. This meaning comes from Steffen (2015) in The Anthropocene Review.[1]

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acceleration4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsAnthropocene1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Steffen, W., Broadgate, W., Deutsch, L., Gaffney, O., & Ludwig, C. (2015). The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration. The Anthropocene Review, 2(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019614564785

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