What the archaeologists of the future will discover about us Earth is covered with technofossils, or man-made materials, that will last for centuries and maybe even longer.

I get where this is coming from & how #technofossils make sense given the geo-/paleontological backgrounds of the authors referred to here, but if we're talking about future #archaeologists, I'd think #artifacts still would be quite a suitable term, no? 🤔

www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

Scientists confirm "technofossils" like plastic and e-waste are fusing with rock to outlast dinosaur bones.

Our trash will survive for millions of years, defining the Anthropocene epoch. 🌍🦴📱

#TheLolgic #technofossils #Anthropocene #science #nature

Technofossils: How Humanity’s Eternal Testament Will Be Plastic Bags, Cheap Clothes and Chicken Bones As an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our technological civilisation are most l…

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Tin cans and chicken bones: will ‘technofossils’ be humanity’s lasting legacy? – podcast When the palaeontologists of the future search for clues to understand how we lived, what might they find? Two scientists exploring this question have suggested that ‘technofossils’ will be our lasting...

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Technofossils: How Humanity’s Eternal Testament Will Be Plastic Bags, Cheap Clothes and Chicken Bones Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz As an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our tec…

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#Technofossils: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones. Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists

#Technofossils : how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones.“Plastic will be a ‘technofossil’, because it is incredibly durable and we are making massive amounts of it" Prof #SarahGabbott www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #PlasticPollution #oilandgas

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists

#technofossils
#plastic
#PlasticLegacy
#ClimateInjustice
#Ecocide
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Someday this will all be fossils

So we got that going for us...

#yay #technofossils

How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.

The material record of the #Anthropocene, or: What do we leave behind?

"How the pollution of today will become the #technofossils of the far future"

🏺 theconversation.com/how-the-poll... by Jan Zalasiewicz & Sarah Gabbott via @theconversation.com

#technofossils

SS Pegu work in progress, on the finishing straight now. Some foreground sea added. #technofossils #timelapsepainting