Scientists have made a “disturbing” find on one of the world’s most remote islands — plastic rocks made up of discarded rubbish from the ocean. Geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos made the “upsetting” discovery on Trindade island, an isolated volcanic outcrop that lies some 680 miles off of the coast of Brazil. The weird rocks were predominantly made up of the remnants of fishing nets, researchers found, but also included other plastics like bottles and other forms of household waste.
Ms Santos — who is based at the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil — first stumbled across the blue...