Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.
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Birds are building nests out of decades-old plastic trash and it’s a record of the AnthropoceneFIFA 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 plastic ...
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