It’s official — you’re living in a new age. It’s called the Meghalayan, and geologists say it's marked by a 'mega-drought' and the collapse of civilizations 4,200 years ago.

The start of the Meghalayan age 4,200 years ago brought about climatic shifts that toppled empires What was happening in the world 4,200 years ago? Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific Northwest saw ...

Ages, epochs, periods, and even eras are often defined by some sort of geologic trauma. The Chicxulub asteroid, for example, pushed the Earth into the Cenozoic Era, and 65 million years later ...

For geology, but also the wider world. “I was raised in a generation where we were taught that geology ended when people showed up,” said Dr. Oreskes, a historian of science at Harvard.