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What's next for wellbeing science? Moving from the Anthropocene to the Symbiocene

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Frontiers in Psychology, Volume: 14

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The modern world is now living through the Anthropocene (Slaughter, 2012); a “new human” era signifying the impact that human activities have had on the ecosystems within which we live, characterized by distinct ecological change. Anthropogenic climate change is increasing risk and frequency of natu...

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