The pristine isolation of Trindade Island, located in the South Atlantic and reachable only by a three- to four-day boat ...

Researchers found plastic rocks on Trindade Island, a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, more than 600 miles east of Espírito Santo in Brazil. The latest sign that plastic pollution is a ...

Melted plastic has become ingrained in rocks on a remote island in Brazil. Trinidade Island has long been an intriguing location for scientists. However, the discovery of plastic rocks, where plastic ...

STORY: This is the Brazilian island of Trindade. Its geology has fascinated scientists for years. But the latest discovery on this remote turtle refuge, has terrified them. These rocks are made from ...

Scientists are reeling from the discovery of “plastic rocks” on a remote volcanic island off of the Brazilian coast — a troubling sign, experts told Reuters, of just how deeply plastic pollution has ...

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 ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

(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 ...

When you walk along the beach, it can be a lot of fun to keep your eye out for beautiful rocks. Whether you are a geologist by trade or you just like the natural beauty that rocks provide, this is ...

Brazilian geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos has recently made a worrisome discovery on an otherwise untouched tropical island in the South Atlantic called Trindade, Phys.org reports. Santos noticed ...

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, ...