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ROVs Discover Deep Sea Trash
An anonymous reader writes "Deep beneath the ocean's waves, strange creatures such as rockfish and gorgonian coral thrive in the icy depths. Yet there's something else you'll find if you go searching beneath the sea: trash, and lots of it. Researchers have discovered that our trash is accumulating in the deep sea, particularly in Monterey Canyon off of the coast of California. Scientists knew that trash was affecting shallower depths--about 1,000 feet beneath the water. Yet they were unsure whether the effects extended to the truly deep parts of the ocean that reached up to 13,000 feet. They decided that there was only one way to find out: look for themselves."
Great news for 22nd century anthropologists!
My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells by the seashore.
Man creates deep sea trash that decomposes slowly due to low temperatures. So, man created also global warming, to raise oceans temperature, and accelerate trash decomposition.
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The great thing about deep-sea trash is that it decomposes extremely slowly compared to stuff at shallower temperatures, so it'll be around for a while...
Awesome! Maybe in a few thousand years, someone will mine it for old copies of the Atari ET game catridge.
(Spudley Strikes Again!)
Look on the bright side; if you leave garbage around long enough, it becomes archeology!
With a little patience, you too can make something worthless into something priceless!
No, no, no. Providing artificial homes for wild animals is only good when it is done in coordination with the groups that have enriched themselves at the pubic trough studying the best way to build artificial shelters. Only after years of study are we allowed to build such shelters.
Obviously, these creatures would have been much better served by properly constructed shelters (union workers, OSHA oversight, etc) instead of these haphazard things tossed out there.