Climate: Past, Present & Future

Colin Waters

Dr. Colin N. Waters is a retired principal mapping geologist, formerly of the British Geological Survey, with specific interest in Carboniferous and Anthropocene stratigraphy. He is an Honorary Professor at the Geography, Geology and the Environment School, University of Leicester, and in 2019 was Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna. Colin has been Secretary of the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London since 2006. He has 144 peer-reviewed publications. He has been Secretary of the Anthropocene Working Group from 2011 and its’ Chair since 2020.

How humans are influencing climate change and its significance in defining a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene

Colin Waters, Colin Summerhayes and Simon Turner April 26, 2021

Modern atmospheric CO2 increases, driven mainly by human activities, have led to a marked increase in global mean temperatures and rates of sea-level rise in part through melting of ice-sheets. (© C N Waters).

The Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) is the body tasked to propose a formal definition for the Anthropocene as a geological time unit. Join us at the EGU2021 General Assembly on Wednesday 28th April at 14:15-15:00 CEST for a series of presentations on the Anthropocene in session SSP2.6. The Anthropocene concept Geologists cope with the enormity of 4.5 billion years of Earth history by divid ...[Read More]