TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - The entire Earth system consists of fully dynamic conditions. Humankind’s manifold large and small influences on the planet are now very well-documented.Changes are now so vast, their traces so significant, that we have come to term this as if it was genuinely a new Epoch in that history – as the Anthropocene.Recently, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how an ostensibly small event at a single locality can take just a few weeks or months to change the world, and in some real sense to stop it. The author in this article in particular seeks to inject a further dose of far-reaching reflection on our pandemic, its influence on life on Earth, and its possible future consequences. Ultimately, then, it seeks an answer for a key question – as to whether COVID-19 is really in a position to stop, or at least slow, the runaway Anthropocene.With a view to encouraging reflection on humankind’s potentially reduced impact on the planet the Author suggestspriority areas of study in the near future. L1 - http://rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/142664/PDF/WA51_176379_r2020-t93-no4_G-Polonica-Wieckowsk.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Geographia Polonica Vol. 93 No. 4 (2020) PY - 2020 IS - 4 EP - 492 KW - geography KW - Anthropocene KW - pandemic KW - COVID-19 KW - IGU KW - globalisation A1 - Więckowski, Marek (1971– ). Autor PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 93 CY - Warszawa SP - 473 T1 - Can a pandemic stop or slow the Anthropocene? UR - http://rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/142664 ER -