本文根据地球科学的最新研究进展 ,探讨了人类活动所引发的各种地质作用———人为地质作用的性质、特点和规律 ,以及对全球变化和人类社会发展的影响。人类对地球的依赖与破坏而产生相互失调的矛盾 ,始终是解决人类社会与地球关系中一个最突出的问题。因此 ,加强对人为地质作用的研究不仅有助于这一问题的解决 ,而且拓宽了地质学的研究领域和服务范围 ,对促进地球科学的发展将起着重要的作用 Based on the latest research progress of earth science, this paper discusses the various geological effects triggered by human activities --- the nature, characteristics and laws of anthropogenic geology, and the impact on global change and the development of human society. The contradiction between human beings’ dependence and destruction on the earth and their mutual imbalance has always been one of the most outstanding problems in the relations between human society and the earth. Therefore, to strengthen the research on human geology not only contributes to the solution of this issue, but also widens the research field and service scope of geology and plays an important role in promoting the development of earth science