Microplastics have been found in historic soil samples for the first time, according to a new study, potentially upending the way archaeological remains are preserved.
Researchers found microplastics in soil deposits more than seven meters (23 feet) underground, which were deposited in the first or second century CE and excavated in the 1980s, a team led by researchers from the University of York in the United Kingdom said in a statement published Friday.
In total, the study identified 16 different microplastic polymer types in contemporary and archived soil samples, the statement adds.
Sooo it has been here the whole time, carry on… /s
It seems your /s was not sufficient. Sigh.
I stopped using /s when I leaned that it never really breaks down and you end up with microsarcastics in every thread.
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Nature is healing?
EDIT: OP added “/s” to his comment and my comment is no longer relevant. Carry on.
Aliens!
Damn those Romans were good !
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/s means satire
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sry infinity doesn’t have that
Nw lol, truly a symphony of confusion today
Man, if you need an /s to tell that was a joke, though…
Yeah yeah, I bet things would have been different if you were on board the titanic that night
The Romans invented plastic, I KNEW IT!
It was actually the Etruscans. But common misconception…
Cave drawings by neanderthals in the Fertile Crescent in today’s Iraq depict them hunting mammoths and making plastic.
Ah yes, I remember now. Nerf darts are actually derivative of plastic arrows heads that were dated over hundreds of thousands of years ago. The design is neigh indistinguishable from that of our ancestors’ nerf arrows.