IB ESS HL 3.1.19 (HL)—Human impacts in geological record Question Bank

• Human impacts are having a planetary effect, which will be detectable in the geological record

• Changes to the geological record support the argument for the Anthropocene being denoted a separate epoch from the Holocene

• Consider: at least four examples of evidence for the Anthropocene

• Signals from chemical pollution that are currently accumulating in geological strata, with the potential to be preserved into the far future