Plastic rock.. 🤓🤔

🌳We already know that nature is just full of plastic trash.. It is almost everywhere..and I'm not saying about that big one, visible, which we can at least pick up.. But about microplastics.. In water worldwide, into the soil, and unfortunately also into almost all living creatures.. 

Bigger parts is easy to pick up and take it to the landfill.. But you can hardly see those little and micro parts.. It is there until now.. 

🤷🏼‍♂️So for the beggining I only wanted to show you some of my own photos..

But now try to imagine that plastic, in some mysterious way, also get into the geology of our Earth.. Actually, you don't even have to imagine it.. 😂 Here is an example.. 

The geology of Brazil’s volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this remote turtle refuge is sparking alarm.

Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans’ growing influence over the earth’s geological cycles.

“This is new and terrifying at the same time, because pollution has reached geology,” 

- Fernanda Avelar Santos, a geologist at the Federal University of Parana.

Santos and her team ran chemical tests to find out what kind of plastics are in the rocks called “plastiglomerates” because they are made of a mixture of sedimentary granules and other debris held together by plastic.

“We identified  the pollution mainly comes from fishing nets, which is very common debris on Trinidade Island’s beaches. The nets are dragged by the marine currents and accumulate on the beach. When the temperature rises, this plastic melts and becomes embedded with the beach’s natural material.” - Santos said

Trindade Island is one of the world’s most important conservation spots for green turtles, or Chelonia mydas, with thousands arriving each year to lay their eggs. The only human inhabitants on Trindade are members of the Brazilian navy, which maintains a base on the island and protects the nesting turtles.

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Amazing isn't it?? 🤓🧴🌳 Or sad??

Tell me your opinion..

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