'Terrifying' plastic rocks emerge in remote Island paradise(1/4)

View of a "plastic rock" at a laboratory of the University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil, March 22, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)

Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans' growing influence over the earth's geological cycles.

View of a "plastic rock" at a laboratory of the University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil, March 22, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)

View of a "plastic rock" at a laboratory of the University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil, March 22, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)

A researcher examines a "plastic rock" at a laboratory of the University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil, March 22, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)