Researchers warn that current land management models don't account for accelerated, human-driven rock formation processes.

Industrial waste is turning into rock in "decades", much faster than the millions of years it is thought to take for it to form naturally, according to research carried out along the Cumbrian coast.

They believe the cycle is likely to be underway at similar ... These cements are the same materials that bind together natural sedimentary rocks, but the chemical reactions cause the process ...

The researchers have documented a new “rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle” Sign up to our Scotsman ... same materials that bind together natural sedimentary rocks, but the chemical reactions ...

These cements are the same materials that bind together natural sedimentary rocks, but the chemical reactions cause the process to happen much faster than has been assumed to happen with similar ...

The researchers have documented a new “rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle”, which mimics natural ... same materials that bind together natural sedimentary rocks, but the chemical reactions ...

The researchers have documented a new “rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle”, which mimics natural ... same materials that bind together natural sedimentary rocks, but the chemical reactions ...