# Jan Zalasiewicz

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Hay Festival: exposing the secrets of rubbish

In front of an audience at the Hay Literary Festival Tom Sutcliffe talks to The archaeologist and presenter of the hit TV show, The Great British Dig, Chloë Duckworth, who explains how every object tells a story. She reveals how even the rubbish our ancestors threw away can offer a window on the pa…

Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our Ultimate Legacy

Dr. Sarah Gabbott, professor of palaeontology at The University Of Leicester and Dr. Jan Zalasiewicz, emeritus professor in the School Of Geography, Geology And The Environment at The University of Leicester (UK), joins the "ROI" team to discuss, "Discarded:  How Technofossils Will Be Our Ultimate …

BONUS: Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our Ultimate Legacy

BONUS DISCUSSION:  Dr. Sarah Gabbott, professor of palaeontology at The University Of Leicester and Dr. Jan Zalasiewicz, emeritus professor in the School Of Geography, Geology And The Environment at The University of Leicester (UK), joins the "ROI" team to discuss, "Discarded:  How Technofossils Wi…

What Will The Fossils Of The Future Look Like?

Today’s rubbish may well be the fossils of tomorrow. Plastic bags, old pens, cheap clothing, or even chicken bones are all examples of possible “technofossils”, rapidly accumulating debris and detritus that may come to represent the story of humanity in the geological record long after we’re gone. …

How long will traces of our civilisation last?

What will remain of us hundreds of millions of years from now? And how can we be so certain that we are the first technologically advanced species on Earth? These unsettling questions have been haunting listener Steve. If fossils can be lost to deep time through erosion and subduction into the Eart…

The Humans are Dead

There’s no doubt about it. Like all species, one day, humans will go extinct. So what would happen next? In this episode, Mother Nature ponders the future with geologist Jan Zalasiewicz, imagining the planet two million years after our time. The episode ends with surprising news from Maya Tekeli on…

From Earth to Mars: A Rock's View with Jan Zalasiewicz

From Oak Ridge, Tennessee, AMSEcast host Alan Lowe sits down with geologist and paleontologist Dr. Jan Zalasiewicz, chair of the Anthropocene Working Group and author of How to Read a Rock. Their conversation explores how rocks and minerals form and what they reveal about Earth's history, from the …

What Will 30 Trillion Tons of Waste Look Like in 100 Million Years?

Waste is not just what societies discard. It is one of the clearest records of who we are, how we live, and what kind of planet we are leaving behind. In this wide-ranging conversation, anthropologist Joshua Reno and geologist Jan Zalasiewicz explore waste as both a human problem and a geological f…

104: The Anthropocene Argument & Sound Effects

What is the Anthropocene? No really, who came up with it, when does it start, and why does that matter? Well it involves nuance, scientific beef, and a surprising amount of freaky little guys. And we all know of some sound effects we love, but what is their history, where are the weird places they'…