Volcano island spewing forth rocks with platic embedded in them

[thewayne]

The Brazilian island, Trindade, has produced a new kind of rock - a ""plastiglomerates" because they are made of a mixture of sedimentary granules and other debris held together by plastic. Through studying the plastic, they've identified that a lot of it comes from fishing nets that wash up on beaches.

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/brazilian-researchers-find-terrifying-plastic-rocks-remote-island-2023-03-15/