NSNick t1_j69n5go wrote on January 28, 2023 at 7:17 PM Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico Some future civilization is going to be mining these plastics that deposited before bacteria evolved to break it down just like what we're doing with fossil fuels, aren't they? Permalink 1
NSNick t1_j69n5go wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Some future civilization is going to be mining these plastics that deposited before bacteria evolved to break it down just like what we're doing with fossil fuels, aren't they?