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Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decide

· By Jacinta Bowler
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The Ivy Mike test, where the first hydrogen thermonuclear device detonated, is argued by some geoscientists to be the start of a new geological epoch. (Supplied: US National Nuclear Security Administration)

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