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Scientists sound the alarm as plastic waste forms rocks off coast of Brazil
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[quote:Concorde Warrior F-BVFA:MV81Mzg3MDczXzk5NDk4NjM2XzQyN0JFMTI5] [quote:Anonymous Coward 77941818:MV81Mzg3MDczXzk5NDk4MjczXzUxNzQ3ODdF] China has little trees The air pollution is not good either. Now we have plastic rocks in geology. British Genius Stephen Hawking said we have 600 years left on earth. Extinction approaches. The future will see the end as cannibals. A logical genius is not stupid. It is 100% reaches a fucking genius! And look we have plastic rocks in geology. [/quote] He could very well be right. [/quote]
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Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans’ growing influence over the earth’s geological cycles.
“This is new and terrifying at the same time, because pollution has reached geology,” said Fernanda Avelar Santos, a geologist at the Federal University of Parana.
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