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Hence, we suggest that the Anthropocene (formal or informal) be defined to begin historically at the moment of detonation of the Trinity A-bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico, at 05:29:21 Mountain War Time (Â± 2 s) July 16, 1945 (= 11:29:21 Co-ordinated Universal Time = Greenwich Mean Time).ere, we evaluate when the Anthropocene might be considered to have begun, as sufficient relevant studies have already been published (notably, those concerned with stratigraphic examination of the Anthropocene in Waters et al., 2014a) for interim assessment of this question.
When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal Jan Zalasiewicz a, Colin N. Waters b, *, Mark Williams a, Anthony D. Barnosky c, Alejandro Cearreta d, Paul Crutzen e, Erle Ellis f, Michael A. Ellis b, Ian J. Fairchild g, Jacques Grinevald h, Peter K. Haff i, Irka Hajdas j, Reinhold Leinfelder k, John McNeill l,