#technofossils

#technofossils

This thought-provoking study by palaeobiologists Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz discusses 'technofossils': the vast remnants of modern civilization. The authors itemize plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete dams, credit cards, aluminium cans, teabags, motorways, mobile phones, T-shirts and computers, among numerous items "produced by our species for our comfort and pleasure and then, sooner or later, discarded". How long these items will last is unknown - but for many, it could be millions of years.