這就是人類製造出來的 科技化石 the so-called techno-fossil. 海灘營火烤肉聽起來好玩又浪漫,但是被營火融化的塑膠可樂瓶, 會產生黏巴巴的液態塑膠,這些玩意兒又跟砂礫與岩石融合在一起, 便成為人類占據地球的永恆印記。 下載聲音檔請點我 下載填空卷請點我 下載解析版請點我 I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Plastiglomerate Thanks to us humans, there's a new type of rock in the geologic record. And it's part plastic. David Biello reports Humanity inscribes itself into the rock record of Earth’s history. People now move more sediment 沉積 / 沉澱物 than all the world’s rivers combined. Fossil fuel burning 燃燒石化燃料 has changed the composition of the atmosphere 大氣的成分 . Everywhere are traces of the sudden appearance of rare radioactive elements 放射線元素 like plutonium 鈽 , a legacy of nuclear weapons. And now there’s even a new type of rock—that people brought into existence. Geologists found the novel 全新的 stone on the beaches of Hawaii. Its constituents include solids of volcanic origin 火山岩 , sand , shells and, yes, plastic . The discoverers dubbed the material pl