The Anthropocene is a crucial period during which human activities have altered some of the boundary conditions of the Earth system, marking that the Earth may have entered a new geological era. The environmental effects of human activities are a long-term development process. Therefore, revealing the historical background of the Anthropocene is a prerequisite for clarifying the debate on the starting time of the Anthropocene. China has a long history and a large population, and there are significant spatial and temporal differences in human activities and their environmental effects, which urgently require in-depth and systematic comprehensive analysis and research to explore the connotation of the human-land relationship.

      In order to more quickly, accurately and systematically summarize the historical process of human activities in the Holocene in China and their interactions with environmental changes, and to provide diversified knowledge services for relevant research achievements such as interdisciplinary integration in the context of the Anthropocene, "Advances in Earth Science" specially launches the column "The Holocene: The Historical Background of the Anthropocene", with Professor Huang Xiaozhong from Lanzhou University serving as the chief editor of the column. It is planned to be published in the first half of 2024 (as a regular issue).

      We sincerely welcome experts and scholars in related fields to actively submit manuscripts!

I. Scope of Papers for the Column (Including but Not Limited to)

      This column aims to, on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the Holocene climate change records and the historical background of global warming, systematically summarize the historical process of human activities in the Holocene in China and their interactions with environmental changes. By combining archaeological data, historical document records, environmental archaeological evidence, geological and biological records, etc., it clarifies the consistencies and particularities of the characteristics of climate change in the Anthropocene compared with the Holocene climate background, analyzes the evolution process of the impact of human activities in the Holocene in China on the environment, and evaluates the degree and scope of the transformation of the environment by human forces during key periods, in order to provide key clues and scientific basis for the historical background of the Anthropocene.

II. Manuscript Solicitation Experts for the Column

      Professor Huang Xiaozhong, Lanzhou University

      Dr. Zhang Shanjia, Lanzhou University

III. Submission Instructions

      (1) Refer to the format of the papers published in "Advances in Earth Science" since 2022, and log in to http://www.adearth.ac.cn to obtain and follow the submission guidelines of this journal.

      (2) Please log in to http://www.adearth.ac.cn, register as an author with a username and password to submit a manuscript. When submitting the manuscript, please indicate that it is a manuscript for the column "The Holocene: The Historical Background of the Anthropocene".

      (3) Only Chinese manuscripts are accepted. The length of the article is generally not more than 15 pages (the main text is in Song typeface, size 5, with single-line spacing).

      (4) This column is planned to be published as a regular issue in the first half of 2024.

IV. Deadline for Manuscript Submission

      December 31, 2023

      V. Contact Information

      Contact Persons: Chi Xiuli, Sun Liwei

      E-mail: adearth@lzb.ac.cn

      Tel: 0931-8762293

      Editorial Office of "Advances in Earth Science"

      July 18, 2023