A Strange New Blend of Rock and Plastic Is Forming on a Portuguese Island

“Plasticrust” sticking to rocks on the shores of MadeiraPhoto: Ignacio Gestoso
If you go to the beach, you’re likely to see some form of plastic pollution scattered in the waves or sprinkled among the sand grains. But researchers have identified a new, and perhaps more permanent type of plastic pollution, one that incorporates itself right into the rocky shoreline: “plasticrust,” a veneer of plastic encrusted right onto wave-licked rocks. Plasticrust is a form of plastic pollution not yet seen before on Earth’s coastlinesPhoto: Ignacio Gestoso
In a paper published this month in the journal Science of The Total Environment, Gestoso and his team formally dubbed the phenomenon as “plasticrust,” a never-before-seen form of plastic pollution.

Source: earther.gizmodo.com