Anthrocene

The anthrocene refers to a geological era beginning with human control of the planetary environment. The term was apparently coined by Andrew Revkin in his 1992 book "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast", in which he wrote the following:

We are entering an age that might someday be referred to as, say, the Anthrocene. After all, it is a geological age of our own making.

The term anthopocene is generally regarded as a more suitable technical term for this geological era.