Editing Deep time (section)

=== The Anthropocene ===
The concept of deep time has taken on renewed urgency in discussions surrounding the Anthropocene—the proposed geological epoch defined by human impact on Earth's systems. In a landmark ''Science'' article, a multidisciplinary group of researchers argued that the Anthropocene is stratigraphically and functionally distinct from the Holocene marking a break in Earth's natural history that is visible in the geologic record.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Waters |first1=Colin N. |last2=Zalasiewicz |first2=Jan |last3=Summerhayes |first3=Colin |last4=Barnosky |first4=Anthony D. |last5=Poirier |first5=Clément |last6=Gałuszka |first6=Agnieszka |last7=Cearreta |first7=Alejandro |last8=Edgeworth |first8=Matt |last9=Ellis |first9=Erle C. |last10=Ellis |first10=Michael |last11=Jeandel |first11=Catherine |last12=Leinfelder |first12=Reinhold |last13=McNeill |first13=J. R. |last14=Richter |first14=Daniel deB. |last15=Steffen |first15=Will |date=2016-01-08 |title=The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad2622 |journal=Science |volume=351 |issue=6269 |pages=aad2622 |doi=10.1126/science.aad2622|pmid=26744408 |bibcode=2016Sci...351.2622W |url-access=subscription }}</ref>