Rhoeri@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMicroplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contaminationphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: environment@beehaw.org
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMicroplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contaminationphys.orgRhoeri@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: environment@beehaw.org
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoMade me wonder “what would it mean if we found micro plastics in the bones of a 1500 year old mummy or something?”
minus-squareRhoeri@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoOkay, now that is the beginning of some good SciFi in the least!
minus-squareTaiatari@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIn the first instance, we’d probably presume it to be a contamination.
minus-squareRhoeri@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoBut then we find out that they had Lego.
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agowell duh, that’s how they built the pyramids
Made me wonder “what would it mean if we found micro plastics in the bones of a 1500 year old mummy or something?”
Okay, now that is the beginning of some good SciFi in the least!
In the first instance, we’d probably presume it to be a contamination.
But then we find out that they had Lego.
well duh, that’s how they built the pyramids