When Plastic Turns to Stone: Trindade Island Discloses Harrowing Reality of Ocean Pollution

The recent discovery of 'plastiglomerates' - rocks interlaced with plastic - on Brazil's Trindade Island has sent a ripple of alarm through the scientific community.

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Fishing nets, dragged by currents and heated, have formed new geological structures, showing human influence on geology.

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These plastiglomerates reveal that plastic waste is leaving permanent marks on Earth's geology.

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The Anthropocene epoch is now visible on Trindade Island.

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The finding of 'plastic rocks' near Turtle Beach raises serious ecological concerns.

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Eroding plastiglomerates risk releasing microplastics into the environment, threatening the island's ecosystem.

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The impact of this pollution on green turtles and other species is a worrying unknown.

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