Peatbog in Karkonosze as reference point for anthropocene boundary

A peatbog below Śnieżka in the Karkonosze mountains could become one of the official auxiliary reference sites marking the beginning of the Anthropocene — a new geological epoch. Researchers Colin N. Waters and Jan Zalasiewicz from University of Leicester published findings in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The peatbog preserves traces of transformations that affected the entire planet in the mid-20th century.

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