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I defeinitely agree. I never put that much thought into the types of material clothing that I wear and especially do not think about how the fibers of those pieces of clothing will travel through our water systems and be potentially harmful to the environment. The experiment that showed this fact was eye opening.

What I found most interesting was water’s effect on the asthenosphere at a subduction zone. Because it reduces the melting point of the asthenosphere, it causes it to melt and the molten magma thereby becomes less dense and rises to the surface along with the water. The sheer amount of water at a subduction zone is what causes such explosive…[Read more]