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Birds are building nests out of decades-old plastic trash and it’s a record of the Anthropocene

A 1994 FIFA World Cup souvenir. A McDonald’s McChicken container from 1996. Decades-old plastic packaging. Look inside the nests of Eurasian coots, and you’ll find a surprising history of human ...
esa.org

Birds’ nests reveal history of the plastic age

Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...
Gizmodo

Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests

Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic waste in the structure. Reading time 3 minutes Plastic may have started a new ...
The New York Times

One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash

Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. These plump, black-and-white birds have made themselves at home in the canals of ...