Threat to nature: 'Plastic boulders' are forming on this island due to human-made plastic pollution

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Shocking news has come out from the big country of South America continent, Brazil. Scientists have found plastic rocks here on Trinidad Island. After finding these plastic stones, scientists have started the research process on them.

Where did you get the plastic stones?

These plastic stones have been found on Trindade Island in Brazil. The place is about 1100 kilometers from the Brazilian mainland. The geography of Brazil's Trindade Islands has long been a source of fascination for scientists. Because it is a volcanic island.

According to the information received, scientists have considered it very dangerous for human life. Along with this, the main cause of its occurrence has been attributed to the dirt and pollution spread by humans.

Scientists gave the name plastiglomerate

Scientists have named these stones made of plastic as plastiglomerate. According to him, these types of stones are made from a mixture of plastic, sand and other polluting substances. When humans spread their plastic pollution, that plastic goes into the soil, it starts to dissolve. In such a situation, this molten plastic morphs into a new shape along with the surrounding rocks. That is why they are named plastiglomerates. The main reason for its formation is pollution and dirt spread by humans.

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Plastiglomerates are formed due to fishing nets

According to scientists, such stones are formed due to fishing nets and other debris in the center of the island. The plastic present here has melted and mixed with the stones and dried and turned into a stone shape. Due to which the life of other animals including aquatic creatures is being affected.