{"id":135246,"date":"2026-10-15T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/?p=135246"},"modified":"2026-10-15T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:09:24","slug":"un-recente-studio-ha-rivelato-la-scoperta-di-interazioni-tra-plastiche-e-polveri-di-coralli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/archives\/135246","title":{"rendered":"Un recente studio ha rivelato la scoperta di interazioni tra plastiche e polveri di coralli di Andrea Mucedola"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">tempo di lettura: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 11<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minuti<\/span><\/span><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-4 maxbutton maxbutton-livello-di-comprensione\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class='mb-text'>livello elementare<\/span><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: white;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: green;\">ARGOMENTO: PLASTICHE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: green;\">PERIODO: XXI SECOLO<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: green;\">AREA: OCEANO PACIFICO<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nparole chiave: Plasticoralli, micro e nano-plastiche, Antropocene, inquinamento marino, barriere coralline<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nel 2012, quando incominciai ad interessarmi al problema dell&#8217;inquinamento di plastiche in mare, fui attaccato da molti di coloro che oggi ne fanno una bandiera. Qualcuno arriv\u00f2 a dirmi che stavo ingigantendo un fenomeno ancora poco chiaro. Per fortuna, o sfortuna, la gravit\u00e0 dell&#8217;inquinamento da plastica \u00e8 oggi sotto gli occhi di tutti. Di quel periodo ricordo un incontro con un valente ricercatore italiano che, incominciando a raccogliere dati nel Mediterraneo, con una certa rassegnazione mi fece capire che la natura alla fine si sarebbe adeguata. Una prospettiva non certo piacevole ma realistica in considerazione del fatto che quotidianamente incameriamo nano plastiche nel nostro corpo senza rendercene conto, nascoste nel cibo e nelle acque che beviamo. Al di l\u00e0 della necessit\u00e0 di diminuire il flusso di questi materiali nell&#8217;ambiente &#8211; con politiche di sempre maggiore controllo sulle catene di riciclaggio e di produzione nonch\u00e8 e &#8211; non mi stancher\u00f2 mai di ripeterlo &#8211; con un&#8217;educazione continua per ridurre l&#8217;abbandono delle plastiche nell&#8217;ambiente, ritengo sia necessario continuare a studiare possibili soluzioni palliative sia sui materiali (che dovranno sostituirle) sia sulle procedure di smaltimento. Di fatto, l&#8217;inquinamento da plastica \u00e8 diventato un&#8217;emergenza significativa per tutti gli ambienti, in particolare quelli marini e fluviali; ci troviamo di fronte ad una delle principali sfide ambientali del III millennio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121923 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/plastica-e1763655480653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">I mari, fiumi e laghi sono sotto attacco<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI rifiuti plastici, sia di dimensioni macro che micro (senza citare le invisibili nano-plastiche), sono ormai onnipresenti in tutti gli ecosistemi marini e fluviali; spiagge, barriere coralline, fondali marini profondi (ad esempio nella fossa delle Marianne ma anche nelle profondit\u00e0 dello stretto di Messina),\u00a0 praterie di fanerogame e mangrovieti, nonch\u00e8 laghi e fiumi non sono esenti da questa piaga. Le plastiche, riducendosi per effetti fisici e chimici in dimensioni sempre minori, vengono ingeriti da una biodiversit\u00e0 marina diversificata, di fatto entrando a far parte della nostra catena alimentare. Ne abbiamo gi\u00e0 parlato ma <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>repetita iuvant.<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Gli organismi marini, che ingeriscono micro e nano plastiche, entrano nell&#8217;alimentazione di pesci e molluschi che, a loro volta, arrivano sulle nostre tavole, trasportando in maniera invisibile queste nanoparticelle nei nostri tessuti. Per comprendere la magnitudine del fenomeno, si stima che il fondale oceanico contenga da 3 a 11 milioni di tonnellate metriche di plastiche e da 10<sup>\u22124<\/sup> a 104 particelle di microplastica per metro cubo. La variabilit\u00e0 \u00e8 legata alla vicinanza delle aree urbane ma anche lungo le rotte marittime che subiscono inquinamenti legati alla perdita di materiali come container e reti da pesca da parte delle attivit\u00e0 umane. Ma c&#8217;\u00e8 qualcosa di nuovo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secondo uno <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X26010970?via%3Dihub\">studio<\/a><\/strong> pubblicato da <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ScienceDirect<\/span><\/strong>, i rifiuti di plastica, dopo una lunga permanenza nell&#8217;ambiente, stanno subendo una trasformazione inaspettata interagendo con materiali organici e inorganici. Questi agglomerati non hanno nulla a che vedere con altri composti scoperti in precedenza, formati prevalentemente da substrati plastici e abiogenici, ma\u00a0 mostrano una interazione con materiali biologici e vengono definiti <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plasticoral<\/span><\/strong>. Essi\u00a0 sono stato scoperti incidentalmente su tre spiagge dell&#8217;isola di Okinawa, in Giappone, durante delle indagini di routine sulla presenza sul litorale di rifiuti marini.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/plasticoralli-da-studio-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/plasticoralli-da-studio-2026.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/plasticoralli-da-studio-2026-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/plasticoralli-da-studio-2026-1024x968.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/plasticoralli-da-studio-2026-768x726.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plasticoralli raccolti durante lo <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.sciencedirectassets.com\/271825\/1-s2.0-S0025326X26X20094\/1-s2.0-S0025326X26010970\/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEHMaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCJTzkRCr2gPj3e30rMc%2FqDh33LS79cXmhdoYaRi82BLgIhAMZf4HK88G43NlB0gyRiTiS%2Bk7QqQwdUaBkIOPwaQ5ysKrIFCDwQBRoMMDU5MDAzNTQ2ODY1IgyWHZ7UlEVWP7xby3MqjwVIo03WA9wNpRdb4MPNkkdovIMR6qRZpVCDCM%2FSpg9ux%2FoKkAqLkiSBYlxDrQ7ulZoHQcbbz4E49V7BwtVXnUQhLCIQt0b86knld4wyKreYmPblZ80za6kMhpd%2BGLh2weSUUVXHTIHGGpAovmufkWwKh3FrAb1i38FIP%2FDms9D2GdggSYDfFvU01%2B2yMfPcdtUw3IJB4S0AGfufPPO7zjzX4DKEjygcZl6j6hLs9tGCLryp%2BJQjpJknG2NQZ0a%2B4rhqgH1mcq9O%2BPIDusaOMX4OH%2BKGPSB8EtF0ULYGL2HC2kvbtKmMREnEMJNBn3Svc%2B4F%2FBVQaDSmMWVadxwhM3PTzBF%2FPbZrxgrIts9lhCQNnSVbHQ0rDGJAcHOncJDF0QzfmkNsmdbeNIP%2BZUvBMSutWSwwFhE9Dv2EpERvBVZh7jNRRSy%2FPP0Pa%2FOQIxAy5SUW28eTRGJg5stDi9Z93vDg2nmPZZq7giXPPRqrouiT8XtfScWpIGSTWp%2B1Xuz%2FCOGTmvKssH6pksQX156LIzbDd2bzKEg9DQ8BcmsysRBg7Z%2B4Hn0CEuCWioHKIW%2Bme7CIKt9B79Aub7MqMaUXGqPVk4krdSJ%2BA5J6v6UObGMM2ZCN6XutD4iwyj5PaMi9JjDrzfZE4ZfHqC3UZo2Zv0KKP6Ypp1xmwmqAlvswwEd1haVhAIeIpk3SeT7rVeCX3pGRs71ejLEXA%2FWCnkExvFWoenXJn2CGllHBN5UeNfHo8qI%2FUWL4W6BTA%2BN1Y2CpAULjrpbnYQYKKGPeisMx3tWYObwu3jyd1FXXvNhcKtUV7UTFgik1s07AWy2pdQAhrZJYMGvcD6eDDH4Oq3KrRAbxiGbSG0%2BO2R%2Ffti%2BEt2iyMMeTo9YGOrABRdjgdpvwI6YN3oytVnwu7IfXzIrUlbpWMiAF8PYbWkwwIY2gSslPbBrEV68yz6FLynIl%2F%2Fi61RzUv78bAJKIWoWoqTgEeJHnQEgOTajrWFjHa9v%2F7%2BxL%2FK7ToQGXD%2B%2FMnUpFjlqZ0gC4dAtPWX33qSsFdn3rEfjzGCK3BM7%2F4RvGBhPahS26IuV9mPT%2FKc%2F5YtqAS%2F79IfoJpLZxzOkCLBBMc1EEe3VNwkWiUjMeIRE%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261009T120654Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=300&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTY4JPG7LFV%2F20261009%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Signature=941cc916d7a2210ce2a95f33b7cbde7abd9767b80e18adf8e3aefc109ce2269f&amp;hash=d577d2e03b565fc48d7257c19da763d9a9dc3fa5f997cf2ffb32b1a2cce8dd98&amp;host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&amp;pii=S0025326X26010970&amp;tid=spdf-9fd4124c-c82e-4cf4-8fdd-eb14a2cd4bb0&amp;sid=1465759595cf4046bd18eef1964a728ebaedgxrqa&amp;type=client&amp;tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&amp;rh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&amp;ua=131202515807575651580a&amp;rr=a47d4309edb8dcc2&amp;cc=it\">studio in riferimento<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I componenti plastici di questi ammassi di materiali minuti consolidati, esaminati con spettroscopia Raman, hanno mostrato consistenze spettrali di polietilene e polipropilene. Essendo le plastiche porose si prestano a raccogliere nelle loro porosit\u00e0 batteri e virus per cui, aspetti di inquinamento paesaggistico, puramente estetici, divengono trascurabili a fronte di quelli ecotossicologici, quando associati alla presenza di plastiche, pi\u00f9 o meno modificate, che possono influire sia sulla biodiversit\u00e0 marina locale che sulla salute umana. Microbead plastici (quelle perline colorate che si ritrovano tra il sedimento sulle spiagge) sono infatti ritenuti altamente tossici e non dovrebbero essere mai toccati a mai nude. La recente notizia che rifiuti di plastica marina subiscano una trasformazione dopo una prolungata esposizione alle alte temperature, dovute alla combustione causale ed a successive alterazioni causate dai raggi UV, oltre che da altri fattori ambientali come l&#8217;azione idrodinamica delle onde, le correnti oceaniche e l&#8217;interazione con materiali biotici e abiotici, \u00e8 sicuramente una notizia grave. Di fatto queste inaspettate trasformazioni alterano le propriet\u00e0 fisico-chimiche delle plastiche, favorendone la persistenza nell&#8217;ambiente sotto forma di materiali simili a ciottoli che si inseriscono nei registri stratigrafici come testimonianze del Plastocene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ma non sono soli, oltre ai <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plasticoral<\/span><\/strong> sono state individuate altre forme di interazione tra le plastiche e l&#8217;ambiente organico e inorganico, tra cui i <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plasti-glomerati, piro-plastiche,<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> ed i<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> plastitari. <\/span><\/strong>In particolare, i <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plasti-glomerati<\/span><\/strong> furono descritti per la prima volta nel 2014, osservando sedimenti\u00a0 come rocce, ciottoli e sabbie &#8211; e detriti organici cementati da plastica fusa, da Charles Moore, oceanografo presso l&#8217;Algalita Marine Research Institute di Long Beach, California, lungo la spiaggia di Kamilo Beach, sull&#8217;isola di Hawaii. Moore \u00e8 sicuramente pi\u00f9 noto per aver scoperto la &#8216;<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Grande Macchia di Rifiuti del Pacifico<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; di cui ho parlato in diversi articoli precedenti.\u00a0Nel maggio 2020 ha fondato il <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research<\/span><\/strong> e ricopre il ruolo di Direttore della Ricerca sfruttando la sua indubbia ventennale esperienza in questo campo, concentrando la ricerca sulle micro- e nano-plastiche nell&#8217;ambiente. Lo studio sui campioni raccolti a Kamilo Beach rivel\u00f2 che circa un quinto dei plastiglomerati era costituito da detriti provenienti da attivit\u00e0 di pesca mentre circa la met\u00e0 era composta da\u00a0 materiali granulari plastici destinati alla produzione industriale. La cementificazione delle particelle plastiche e dei sedimenti ha dato luogo a questi agglomerati. Questi non devono essere confusi con i\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">pyro-plastici<\/span><\/strong>, rifiuti di plastica deformati dall&#8217;esposizione alle alte temperature (ad esempio nei fal\u00f2 sulle spiagge in cui, criminalmente, erano stati buttati generando anche delle diossine). Questi agglomerati, che sembrano dei ciottoli di materiale fuso furono segnalati per la prima volta a Whitsand Bay, Regno Unito, ma sono ormai comuni in ogni spiaggia frequentata dall&#8217;Uomo. Non ultimo il <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plastitar c<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he si forma quando particelle di catrame, provenienti da versamenti di petrolio spiaggiamo lungo le coste.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A seguito dell&#8217;evaporazione, il catrame si indurisce, lasciando una superficie appiccicosa sui sedimenti con cui viene in contatto. Il successivo contatto con materiali microplastici galleggianti<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> ed altri detriti ne causa l&#8217;intrappolamento in masse corpose che tendono ad indurirsi. Il plastitar fu <\/span>osservato per la prima volta nell&#8217;arcipelago delle Canarie, sulle rocce intertidali che intrappolavano materiali plastici di tutte le dimensioni. Secondo lo studio citato, queste formazioni di &#8220;roccia plastica&#8221; presentano nuovi rischi ecotossicologici per gli ecosistemi marini e potrebbero diventare potenziali marcatori stratigrafici della plastica, specialmente in ecosistemi critici come le barriere coralline. I rischi potenziali includono l&#8217;aumento del rilascio e dell&#8217;esposizione di organismi marini a microplastiche e ad additivi plastici pericolosi associati agendo quindi come dei vettori per inquinanti organici persistenti.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tabella-plasticoral-vs-agglomerati.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1111\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tabella-plasticoral-vs-agglomerati.png 896w, https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tabella-plasticoral-vs-agglomerati-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ocean4future.org\/savetheocean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tabella-plasticoral-vs-agglomerati-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1111px) 100vw, 1111px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In sintesi, i <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">plasticoralli<\/span> <\/strong>sono degli agglomerati composti da sedimenti e materiali plastici che si stanno generando, nelle barriere coralline, attraverso l&#8217;interazione tra il materiale carbonatico biogenico, derivato dalla frammentazione delle colonie di corallo, e le micro o nano-plastiche di derivazione antropica. I ricercatori ritengono che i plasticoralli rappresentino un cambiamento eco-geologico in cui l&#8217;inquinamento marino da plastica non costituisce pi\u00f9 un semplice fattore di stress esterno, bens\u00ec una componente permanente negli ambienti geologici delle barriere coralline. Essendo l&#8217;argomento meritevole di approfondimento, ho inserito in calce la ricca bibliografia riportata nello studio in riferimento. E&#8217; importante comprendere che il fenomeno di integrazione tra elementi plastici ed i sedimenti si sta diffondendo anche in altri ambienti marini e fluviali ed il loro impatto sulla salute umana, ancora non definito, non dovrebbe essere sottovalutato. Chiudo con una proposta, indirizzata principalmente ai lettori che si occupano di ecologia: perch\u00e8 non iniziare delle campagne di Citizen science lungo le coste e i fiumi italiani, per censire queste neo formazioni del &#8220;Plastocene&#8221;? Ci torneremo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Andrea Mucedola<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Riferimento<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ifenna Ilechukwu, et alii,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.sciencedirectassets.com\/271825\/1-s2.0-S0025326X26X20094\/1-s2.0-S0025326X26010970\/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEHMaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCJTzkRCr2gPj3e30rMc%2FqDh33LS79cXmhdoYaRi82BLgIhAMZf4HK88G43NlB0gyRiTiS%2Bk7QqQwdUaBkIOPwaQ5ysKrIFCDwQBRoMMDU5MDAzNTQ2ODY1IgyWHZ7UlEVWP7xby3MqjwVIo03WA9wNpRdb4MPNkkdovIMR6qRZpVCDCM%2FSpg9ux%2FoKkAqLkiSBYlxDrQ7ulZoHQcbbz4E49V7BwtVXnUQhLCIQt0b86knld4wyKreYmPblZ80za6kMhpd%2BGLh2weSUUVXHTIHGGpAovmufkWwKh3FrAb1i38FIP%2FDms9D2GdggSYDfFvU01%2B2yMfPcdtUw3IJB4S0AGfufPPO7zjzX4DKEjygcZl6j6hLs9tGCLryp%2BJQjpJknG2NQZ0a%2B4rhqgH1mcq9O%2BPIDusaOMX4OH%2BKGPSB8EtF0ULYGL2HC2kvbtKmMREnEMJNBn3Svc%2B4F%2FBVQaDSmMWVadxwhM3PTzBF%2FPbZrxgrIts9lhCQNnSVbHQ0rDGJAcHOncJDF0QzfmkNsmdbeNIP%2BZUvBMSutWSwwFhE9Dv2EpERvBVZh7jNRRSy%2FPP0Pa%2FOQIxAy5SUW28eTRGJg5stDi9Z93vDg2nmPZZq7giXPPRqrouiT8XtfScWpIGSTWp%2B1Xuz%2FCOGTmvKssH6pksQX156LIzbDd2bzKEg9DQ8BcmsysRBg7Z%2B4Hn0CEuCWioHKIW%2Bme7CIKt9B79Aub7MqMaUXGqPVk4krdSJ%2BA5J6v6UObGMM2ZCN6XutD4iwyj5PaMi9JjDrzfZE4ZfHqC3UZo2Zv0KKP6Ypp1xmwmqAlvswwEd1haVhAIeIpk3SeT7rVeCX3pGRs71ejLEXA%2FWCnkExvFWoenXJn2CGllHBN5UeNfHo8qI%2FUWL4W6BTA%2BN1Y2CpAULjrpbnYQYKKGPeisMx3tWYObwu3jyd1FXXvNhcKtUV7UTFgik1s07AWy2pdQAhrZJYMGvcD6eDDH4Oq3KrRAbxiGbSG0%2BO2R%2Ffti%2BEt2iyMMeTo9YGOrABRdjgdpvwI6YN3oytVnwu7IfXzIrUlbpWMiAF8PYbWkwwIY2gSslPbBrEV68yz6FLynIl%2F%2Fi61RzUv78bAJKIWoWoqTgEeJHnQEgOTajrWFjHa9v%2F7%2BxL%2FK7ToQGXD%2B%2FMnUpFjlqZ0gC4dAtPWX33qSsFdn3rEfjzGCK3BM7%2F4RvGBhPahS26IuV9mPT%2FKc%2F5YtqAS%2F79IfoJpLZxzOkCLBBMc1EEe3VNwkWiUjMeIRE%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261009T120654Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=300&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTY4JPG7LFV%2F20261009%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Signature=941cc916d7a2210ce2a95f33b7cbde7abd9767b80e18adf8e3aefc109ce2269f&amp;hash=d577d2e03b565fc48d7257c19da763d9a9dc3fa5f997cf2ffb32b1a2cce8dd98&amp;host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&amp;pii=S0025326X26010970&amp;tid=spdf-9fd4124c-c82e-4cf4-8fdd-eb14a2cd4bb0&amp;sid=1465759595cf4046bd18eef1964a728ebaedgxrqa&amp;type=client&amp;tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&amp;rh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&amp;ua=131202515807575651580a&amp;rr=a47d4309edb8dcc2&amp;cc=it\">Introducing plasticoral: A biogenic\u2013plastic agglutinate as an emerging indicator of the Plasticene in Okinawa reef environments<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 20px;\">Bibliografia utile<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Afzal, M.S., et alii, 2025. 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