Holocene
pronunciation
How to pronounce Holocene in British English:
UK [ˈhɔləusi:n]
How to pronounce Holocene in American English:
US [ˈhɑləˌsin, ˈholə-]
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- Noun:
- approximately the last 10,000 years
Word Origin
- Holocene (adj.)
- in reference to the epoch that began 10,000 years ago and continues today, 1897, from French holocène (1867), from Greek holo-, comb. form of holos "whole" (see safe (adj.)) + -cene.
Example
- 1. In an editorial published in may the respected publication argued that the holocene could simply be renamed the anthropocene .
- 2. Doing so would eliminate the need to find a boundary layer it continued because the holocene has already been defined scientifically .
- 3. Many scientists feel that human interference in the way the earth works is now so great that the holocene is history and a truly separate anthropocene has dawned .
- 4. It is that the further the earth system gets from the stable conditions of the holocene , the more likely it is to slip into a whole new state and change itself yet further .
- 5. To validate the anthropocene , all these changes will be measured against the range of variation in our current geological period -- the holocene epoch -- which began some 12000 years ago as earth emerged from the last ice age .