TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - The entire Earth system consists of fully dynamic conditions. Humankind’s manifold large and small influences on the planet are now very well-documented.Changes are now so vast, their traces so significant, that we have come to term this as if it was genuinely a new Epoch in that history – as the Anthropocene.Recently, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how an ostensibly small event at a single locality can take just a few weeks or months to change the world, and in some real sense to stop it. The author in this article in particular seeks to inject a further dose of far-reaching reflection on our pandemic, its influence on life on Earth, and its possible future consequences. Ultimately, then, it seeks an answer for a key question – as to whether COVID-19 is really in a position to stop, or at least slow, the runaway Anthropocene.With a view to encouraging reflection on humankind’s potentially reduced impact on the planet the Author suggestspriority areas of study in the near future. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/142664/PDF/WA51_176379_r2020-t93-no4_G-Polonica-Wieckowsk.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Geographia Polonica Vol. 93 No. 4 (2020) PY - 2020 IS - 4 EP - 492 KW - geography KW - Anthropocene KW - pandemic KW - COVID-19 KW - IGU KW - globalisation A1 - Więckowski, Marek (1971– ). Autor PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 93 CY - Warszawa SP - 473 T1 - Can a pandemic stop or slow the Anthropocene? UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/142664 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - The aims of this study were to review human-environment interactions during the Meghalayan and to search for the stratigraphic boundary of a new epoch, informally termed the Anthropocene, as well as to determine whether the stratigraphic signals of human activity on the Meghalaya Plateau in Northeast India can be correlated globally. This plateau is the base of the Meghalayan Age that was determined from a speleothem in a cave located on it. Review indicates that study region developed on the periphery of ancient Indian civilisation, with stratigraphic signals of human activity being apparent in only the last few thousand years; that is, substantially later than the neighbouring ancient Indian civilisation. The stratigraphic signals are heterogeneous and diachronous, not only as a result of various human activities, but also in the effect of the diverse sensitivities of the environment to anthropogenic disturbances. A discrete and visible cultural layer that relates to the development of settlements and the production of new materials is still being formed and reworked. The only synchronous stratigraphic signal with a global range seems to be associated with the artificial radionuclide fallout from nuclear weapons testing, which covers a topsoil layer of up to tens of centimetres thick. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/153564/PDF/WA51_187633_r2020-t93-no4_G-Polonica-Prokop.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Geographia Polonica Vol. 93 No. 4 (2020) PY - 2020 IS - 4 EP - 523 KW - stratigraphy KW - Holocene KW - Anthropocene KW - Meghalaya KW - human impact A1 - Prokop, Paweł. Autor PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 93 CY - Warszawa SP - 505 T1 - Where the Meghalayan meets the Anthropocene: Stratigraphic signals of human-environmental interactions on the periphery of Indian civilisation UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/153564 ER -