The pristine isolation of Trindade Island, located in the South Atlantic and reachable only by a three- to four-day boat journey from Brazil, makes it one of the most remote locations on Earth. Known ...

Geologists on the remote Trindade Island have discovered rocks made from plastic debris from the ocean. Researchers stunned ...

Scientists have come across strange new rocks that contain manmade plastic in all five inhabited continents, Newsweek reports — a shocking sign of the sheer permeation of plastic pollution into the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Plastistones, a new type of sedimentary rock that’s part-plastic and part-rock, has been found on at ...

The geology team discovered in March that melted plastic had become intertwined with the rocks on the volcanic island, forming what they call “plastiglomerates.” By definition, a plastiglomerate is ...

A group of researchers have identified and detailed a new type of rock that contains manmade plastic, with the new paper explaining this type of rock was discovered in several different countries, ...

(Gray News) – Scientists say humankind’s influence on the natural world has reached a new level as a new type of sedimentary rocks partially formed from plastic has been discovered. This new rock has ...