'The Economist' on the Anthropocene

A number of articles on the Anthropocene and recent climate extremes have been published in the Economist recently - unsurprisingly.

One explores the recent news about Crawford Lake. 

This has been suggested as an early indicator of the start of an era called the anthropocene: when the footprint of humanity was laid down for future generations to see in the 'fossil record'.

The first signs have been debated and there are quite a few other possible candidates which have been touted including the Trinity site featured in the film Oppenheimer.