“Effusion,” “Fluxitecture,” “Haven,” and “Heart(h),” photographs by David Garland, whose work is on view this month at Headstone Gallery, in Kingston, New York © The artist. Courtesy Headstone Gallery, Kingston, New York

Luminescent grains from the Erg Chebbi sand sea dated the origin of the Lala Lallia star dune to 11000 bc. The Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy denied the Anthropocene epoch status by a vote of twelve to four, though a paleontologist and a stratigrapher moved to void the decision on procedural grounds. Scientists determined that the retreat of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier began in…