Portuguese Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences

New Type of Pollution: Plastic Waste Is Already Incrusting in the Rocks

Scientists have identified a new type of plastic pollution in the sea - melted and incrusted in rock waste, Associated Press reported.

The phenomenon is noticed near Madeira in 2016. The now polluted area has increased and plastic stains are more. They are mostly blue and gray and in different sizes. Scientists called them "plastic crust".