Together with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, the Deutsches Museum hosted a major special exhibition on the Anthropocene from December 2014 – September 2016, which was curated by Nina Möllers. Coined by the atmospheric chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Paul J. Crutzen, the term “Anthropocene” describes the idea of a new geological era shaped by deep interventions into nature by humans as biological and geological agents.

About the exhibition
Interview with Paul Crutzen
Food
Evolution
Clock of the Long Now
Urbanization
Mobility
Humans and machines
Nature
Anthropocene milestones
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Möllers, Nina. “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands.” Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions 2014, no. 2. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. doi.org/10.5282/rcc/6354.

ISSN 2198-7696 Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions

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