anthropulse

English

Etymology

From anthro- +‎ pulse.

Noun

anthropulse (plural anthropulses)

1. (neologism) A burst of human activity following an anthropause.
   • 2022 March, Christian Rutz, “Studying pauses and pulses in human mobility and their environmental impacts”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment‎^[1], volume 3, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 157–159:

     Spikes in human mobility seem likely, as people attempt to ‘make up’ for missed work and recreational travel in 2020–2021, but it remains to be seen if the situation will escalate into a full-scale anthropulse.

   • 2022 July 16, Emily Anthes, “Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Those shifts could be especially important to consider as the human world roars back to life and summer travel surges, potentially generating an “anthropulse” of intense activity.