The Anthropocene, "The Age of Human Forcing" Has Dawned According to a Science Paper

At Ars Technica, Annalee Newitz has an informative article on the newly named Anthropocene, "the age of human forcing". Her title is:

For the second time, we are witnessing a new geological epoch.

The article presents major points from "a paper published last week in Science, British Geological Survey scientist Colin N. Waters and many colleagues".