Science News19h
Plastic ‘fossils’ help scientists reconstruct the history of bird nests
Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.
Apartment Therapy1d
This Collapsible Storage Gem Looks So Much Nicer than Your Basic Plastic Crates (I Want One for Every Room!)
In addition to its good looks, the crate is also practical, thanks to its collapsible design. If you decide you don’t have a ...
ZME Science12d
Birds are building nests out of decades-old plastic trash and it’s a record of the Anthropocene
The 30-year-old coot nest contains a lot of plastic waste. Image credits: Auke-Florian Hiemstra A 1994 FIFA World Cup ...
Plastic trash in bird nests documents the Anthropocene epoch
What if expiration dates could tell us more than when something goes bad? Scientists have found that dates on plastic food ...
New Scientist15d
Birds' nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 30 years ago
Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past ...
esa.org23d
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’ ...