Human Activity Speeds Rock Formation
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Industrial Waste Is Turning Into Rock in Just Decades, Study Suggests

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Researchers have identified rocks in England that formed in less than four decades .
Slag (a waste product of the steel industry) formed a new type of rock in West Cumbria in 35 years .
Researchers claim to be the first to document a complete “rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle” on land.
They suggest that this phenomenon is likely harming ecosystems around the world.
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