the rock formation in this case is completed in around 35 years, when it typically takes over thousands of years. The constituents in this particular cycle are human trash. Derwent Howe was a ...

Human trash is wreaking all sorts of havoc on the natural world, including, according to recent research, accelerating rock formation in some parts of the globe. Thanks to a coin and a drinks can ...

Researchers have discovered an accelerated, human-driven rock formation process taking place in West Cumbria. © University of Glasgow The geological processes that ...

"This gives us a maximum timeframe of 35 years for this rock formation, well within the course of a single human lifetime. This is an example in microcosm of how all the activity we're undertaking ...