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A team of scientists from Carleton University and Brock University remove frozen sections of sediment layers after they were gathered from the lake bottom at Crawford Lake Conservation Area near Milton, Ontario, Canada, April 12, 2023. The view under the surface of Crawford Lake tells a different story. Scientists believe the lake's exceptionally well-preserved sediment layers serve as a reference point for a proposed new geological chapter in the planet's history, defined by the considerable changes wrought by human activity: the Anthropocene. The International Commission on Stratigraphy's Anthropocene Working Group on July 11, 2023, named the lake as the embodiment of the proposed Anthropocene epoch. (Photo by Peter POWER / AFP) (Photo by PETER POWER/AFP via Getty Images)