Military technology’s environmental impact: A bird’s nest made of fibre-optic cable
Researchers in Ukraine discovered a bird's nest constructed with military-grade fibre-optic cables used for drone operations. This finding underscores the growing environmental impact of modern warfare and the accumulation of technological waste on the battlefield.
cienceA bird’s nest found near Ukraine’s front line has caught the attention of researchers, not because of the bird that built it but because of what it was made from. Mixed in with the usual twigs, grass and small branches were strands of fibre-optic cable, the same kind now used by military drones flying over some of the most fiercely contested parts of the battlefield.
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