Rock imposters. Turner first caught wind of this strange new addition to the lineage of human litter several years back, when he was contacted by volunteers with the Cornish Plastic Pollution ...

Bizarre Plastic Rocks Now Found Across Five Continents Published Dec 17, 2023 at 5:00 AM EST Updated Dec 18, 2023 at 12:51 PM EST . By . Jess Thomson ...

Fernanda Avelar Santos's subsequent research revealed that similar plastic rock formations have been documented in other parts of the world, including Hawaii, Britain, Italy, and Japan, since 2014.

Plastic rocks, plutonium, and chicken bones: The markers we're laying down in deep time. ... Finding plastics in a sediment or rock layer is a clear sign that the layer dates from modern times.

Researchers documented plastiglomerates – rock, sand and other debris fused together by melted plastic – in Hawaii in 2014, for instance, and pyroplastics, rock-like pebbles formed out of ...

Melted plastic has become ingrained in rocks on a remote island in Brazil. Trinidade Island has long been an intriguing location for scientists.