Sunday, 22 November 2020

Novelty No Protection From Plastic?

A new black sand beach (consisting of small fragments of lava) was created by the eruption of the Hawaiian Big Island volcano of Kilauea in 2018 (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/05/newborn-hawaii-beach-already-polluted-with-plastic/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Compass_20201121&rid=FE3832908123A963FB7A467BD75D4FAD). Pohoiki beach is already polluted with microplastics. There appears to be no place that microplastics can't go! The plastics primate strikes again!
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