Anthropocène, l’implacable enquête

Anthropocène, l’implacable enquête

2025 · 59 min · ★ 7.5 · Documentary

For several decades, geoscientists have been observing that the Earth is changing rapidly due to human intervention. This action has such a great impact on the biological, geological and atmospheric processes of the Earth that some scientists speak of the dawn of a new epoch: the Age of Man or the Anthropocene.

Directed by Cédric Defert

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