In the shadow of a 19th-20th century slag pile, a beach has been transformed into a cemented platform of reworked slag particles.

The anthropogenic debris is so far out of equilibrium with surface conditions that you get rapid cement formation, and within decades, an anthropogenic "rock".

https://doi.org/10.1130/G52895.1

#geology #anthropocene

"Baker noted that "there's long been this very human-centric idea of intelligence that only humans are intelligent." That's fallen away within the scientific community as we've studied more about animal behavior. But there's still a bias to privilege human-like behaviors."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/ai-versus-the-brain-and-the-race-for-general-intelligence/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

A #longread by @arstechnica about the #anthropocentric #bias of #AGI and #AI companies - money versus nature.

#brain #science #moreThanHuman #animals #intelligence #anthropocene #nature

[New call for papers]

"#Mountain#Huts in the #Anthropocene Era"

> We welcome contributions from the following non-exclusive fields: human and social sciences, architecture, economics and marketing, civil engineering and resource management. Comparative perspectives are strongly encouraged in so far as they enable us to address the issue of huts, especially those that deal with places that allow people to stay in a remote environment that is difficult to access and requires shelter or logistical support (such as scientific laboratories in Antarctica).

https://journals.openedition.org/rga/14267

ping @geography