IB ESS HL 3.1.18 Anthropocene Debate Question Bank
Evaluate evidence and arguments about a human-dominated geological epoch.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS HL
- Level
- HL
Evaluate evidence and arguments about a human-dominated geological epoch.

Figure A graph showing past mass extinctions.
Identify two ways in which the current extinction differs from mass extinctions in the past.
rate of change is faster/happening over a shorter time frame; caused by another species changing the environment/not caused by natural phenomena as in the past/caused by humans; humans can prevent current extinction;