Situation revealing horror changing of the climate And pollution is being seen on the remote Brazilian island of Trindade, where the landscape has been altered by thousands of plastic rocks.
Molten plastic intertwined with rocks on an island located 1,140 km (708 miles) off the southeastern state of Espiritu Santo, in what researchers say is evidence of increasing human influence on the Earth’s geologic cycles.
“It’s new and scary at the same time because the pollution has reached geology,” said Fernanda Avelar Santos, a geologist at the Federal University of Parana.
Santos and his team conducted chemical tests to find out what kinds of plastics are found in rocks called “plastiglomerates” because they are made up of a mixture of sedimentary granules and other debris held together by plastic.
“We determined that [la contaminación] This is mainly due to fishing nets, which are common litter on the beaches of the island of Trinidad,” Santos said. ” [redes] They are carried away by sea currents and accumulate on the shore. As the temperature rises, this plastic melts and crusts over the natural material on the beach.” Trindade Island is one of the world’s finest green turtle sanctuaries, or Chelonia mydas, where thousands come every year to lay their eggs. Trindade’s only inhabitants are the Brazilian Navy, who maintain a base on the island and protect nesting turtles.
“The place where we found these samples [de plástico] this is a permanently protected area in Brazil, close to where green turtles lay their eggs,” Santos said.