Messina College · Boston College
Human populations have become such dominant drivers of environmental change on the planet that geologists have termed this geologic period, the Anthropocene- the epoch of humans. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) convened by the United Nations, widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred with worldwide adverse impacts and related losses and damages to nature and people. Furthermore, IPCC reports make it clear that the choices we will make as a society over the next several decades will have profound impacts on th
