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Plastic Is Fusing With Corals Into New Minerals
Original: Plastic Is Fusing With Corals and Creating Bizarre New Minerals - YouTube https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=FjHy2mqtic4 #
Scientists are documenting cases where plastic debris fuses with coral reefs, forming hybrid materials now being called 'plasticorals' and plastiglomerates. The plastic binds with coral skeletons, sand and rock through heat and wave action, creating strange new mineral-like formations. Commenters are sharing the findings as a stark illustration of how deeply plastic pollution has penetrated marine ecosystems.
Why now: New reports of plastics literally merging with living coral are alarming people concerned about ocean pollution.
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Evidence
- Plastic Is Fusing With Corals and Creating Bizarre New Minerals - YouTube https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=FjHy2mqtic4 # Nature # Corals # Plastics # Plastiglomerates # Plasticorals # Contamination # Pollution · Miro_Collas@masto.ai · 3
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