Plastistone Explained
Plastistone is the umbrella term for rocks that have fused with plastic. At the end of 2023 there were numerous sightings of green-colored plastic seemingly melted to rocks.[1] It forms from plastic that floats through the ocean and melts to the rocks over time.[2] So far, the stone has appeared on 5 continents.[3] [4] It was recently spotted in March 2023 on the Brazilian remote island of Trindade by geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos[5] [6] and has been seen in Hawaii a decade before.[7]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Reporter . Jess Thomson Science . 2023-12-17 . Bizarre plastic rocks now found across five continents . 2024-01-04 . Newsweek . en.
- Santos . Fernanda Avelar . Diório . Giovana Rebelo . Guedes . Carlos Conforti Ferreira . Fernandino . Gerson . Giannini . Paulo C. F. . Angulo . Rodolfo José . de Souza . Maria Cristina . César-Oliveira . Maria Aparecida Ferreira . dos Santos Oliveira . Angelo Roberto . 2022-09-01 . Plastic debris forms: Rock analogues emerging from marine pollution . Marine Pollution Bulletin . 182 . 114031 . 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114031 . 35969903 . 2022MarPB.18214031S . 251542186 . 0025-326X.
- Web site: 2024-01-02 . A Strange Plastic Rock Has Ominously Invaded 5 Continents . 2024-01-04 . Popular Mechanics . en-US.
- Web site: Dua . Shubhangi . 2023-12-19 . Study: Unconventional sedimentary rocks spotted across five continents . 2024-01-12 . interestingengineering.com . en-US.
- Web site: Snider . Mike . 'Terrifying' plastic rock finding: Pollution is embedded in this Brazilian island's geology . 2024-01-12 . USA TODAY . en-US.
- Gewin . Virginia . 2023-07-31 . Plastic rocks are threatening wildlife on Brazil's easternmost island — I'm studying how . Nature . en . 620 . 7972 . 238 . 10.1038/d41586-023-02448-1. 37524921 . 2023Natur.620..238G . 260321672 .
- Web site: Andrei . Mihai . 2023-12-21 . Geologists say plastic rocks are now a thing . 2024-01-04 . ZME Science . en-US.
