NPR claim: human activity has now come to be the most significant "forcing" driving the various interlocking systems that define the current "state" of the planet.

The Anthropocene: Can Humans Survive A Human Age? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

it is simply a recognition that human activity has now come to be the most significant "forcing" driving the various interlocking systems that define the current "state" of the planet.