Jan Zalasiewicz

Jan Zalasiewicz is emeritus professor of paleobiology at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and a member of the Anthropocene Working Group. His interests include Early Paleozoic fossils and rocks, the Quaternary ice ages, and the geology made by humans.

Stories from this author

Piles of coal sit in front of a power plant in Utah. Such coal-fired power plants emit greenhouse gases that drive climate change.

What Myths About the Anthropocene Get Wrong

These ten misconceptions underplay how much we have altered the global environment and undermine the new perspective we need to deal with a drastically changed world