Meaning of Pyrocene | Babel Free

Definitions

The period of the Holocene/Anthropocene in which climate change causes more frequent and intense wildfires.

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Examples

“Those images of fire on fire are the raw footage of a planetary phase change⟳, what might end⟳ up as a geologic era we could call⟳ the Pyrocene. They will continue⟳ until, as Shakespeare put⟳ it, they “consume⟳ the thing that feeds their fury.””

“Instead of ice sheets, glaciers and periglacial environments adjacent to the ice, a Pyrocene manifests itself with fire-informed biotas, fire-starved biotas, hot spots where fire is the dominant energy source, peripyric landscapes where humans equipped with pyrotechnologies have⟳ reshaped the scene, and of course a warming atmosphere and unhinged climate that passes over the planet.”

“The supercharged blazes of the Pyrocene are putting millions upon millions of people around the world directly at risk⟳, and even larger populations indirectly at risk⟳ with smoke⟳.”

“But be warned: the full, hellish fury of the pyrocene has yet to arrive⟳.”

“The insights gained by such research⟳ will be essential to manage⟳ animal populations in the Pyrocene.”

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