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Its happening (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 years ago by solaryth@discuss.tchncs.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Deep layer ocean sediment surveys in China (2020) show the presence of plastics in deposition layers far older than the invention of plastics

wtfff

[–] roboticide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I feel like there could be a few rational explanations to that, but I want someone smarter than me to tell me what exactly they could be...

[–] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

If the sediment is <100% consolidated, then water could be carrying microplastics down through the layers, even through microscopic voids.

[–] Fontane@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago