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minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year ago Deep layer ocean sediment surveys in China (2020) show the presence of plastics in deposition layers far older than the invention of plastics wtfff
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoMaybe there’s plastics stuck to the things we detect plastics with? I should really give the scientist some credit, but I think this is a funnier outcome
minus-squareRoboticide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI 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…
minus-squareSwampYankee@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoIf the sediment is <100% consolidated, then water could be carrying microplastics down through the layers, even through microscopic voids.
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Maybe there’s plastics stuck to the things we detect plastics with?
I should really give the scientist some credit, but I think this is a funnier outcome
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…
If the sediment is <100% consolidated, then water could be carrying microplastics down through the layers, even through microscopic voids.