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Mapping Global Human Activity

Felix Pharand-Deschenes’ Anthropocene Mapping project marks the paths of human activity including roadways, railways, airway traffic, internet cables, electricity transmission lines, and underwater data cables. He acquired all this factual information from various US government agencies.

The word “Anthropocene” is especially fitting for this piece of research; the meaning behind the ancient Greek word is derived from - anthropos means “human being” and kainos means “new, current.” The word use commonly used to describe the current “geological epoch”, which is dominated by human activity.

The definition for the Anthropocene proposed by Globaïa: