The latest sign that plastic pollution is a gigantic global problem: rocks fused with melted plastic have been found on a remote Brazilian island, best known as a nesting site for green turtles.

Henderson Island has no inhabitants. The nearest major population center is more than 3,100 miles away. Yet the desolate Pacific island is one of the densest hubs of plastic pollution on the planet.

Researchers have discovered a strange, never-before-seen type of pollution that they’ve dubbed “plasticrust” along the shoreline of the Portuguese island of Madeira — and th… ...

Plastic Pollution on Inaccessible Island in South Atlantic Comes From Chinese Ships, Study Says. Published Oct 02, 2019 at 11:12 AM EDT Updated Oct 04, 2019 at 12:35 PM EDT. By .

Why a tiny, uninhabited island has world's worst plastic pollution 00:53. WELLINGTON, New Zealand-- When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they ...

"Even protected areas are severely affected." Scientists stunned after finding remote island blanketed in dangerous material: 'Our findings are deeply concerning' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Plastic pollution seems to have found a new way to creep into the natural landscape. Researchers have discovered a strange never-before-seen type of pollution that they've dubbed "plasticrust ...

Island in south Pacific 'has world's worst plastic pollution' More than 300 million tonnes of plastic produced worldwide each year is not recycled ...

The small island, with a population of just 800 people, is concerned by the crisis. Only a small amount of plastic that washes up on its shores is coming from the island itself.

There’s so much plastic crap floating in the Pacific Ocean and washing up on shorelines that one atoll in the midst of the mess could be declared a Superfund site. Tern Island is the largest ...

Two City of Galveston agencies have partnered with the Washed Ashore Project to create a permanent piece of public art made ...

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