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minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 months 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-squareRoboticide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months 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-up9·9 months agoIf the sediment is <100% consolidated, then water could be carrying microplastics down through the layers, even through microscopic voids.
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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.