Paul J. Crutzen: “Mister Anthropocene”
Paul J. Crutzen: “Mister Anthropocene”
Paul Crutzen at the University of Helsinki in May 2010
Paul Crutzen at the University of Helsinki in May 2010
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Born in 1933 in Amsterdam, Crutzen studied engineering before turning to atmospheric science. His research specialties include the ozone hole, nuclear winter, and global environmental change.
Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands
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.
Nina MöllersAbout the author
