Holocene epoch

Human-Made Materials Now Weigh as Much as All Living Biomass, Scientists Say

An ongoing cave expedition in Meghalaya. The stalagmite that contained stratigraphic evidence of the purported Meghalayan event was found in the Krem Mawmluh cave, Meghalaya. Credit: Biospeleologist/Wikimedia Commons, GNU Free Documentation

Is the Meghalayan Event a Tipping Point in Geology?