If you think plastic pollution is something that floats out at sea or washes up on a beautiful Bahamian beach, think again.

In 2009, investigators probing a grave-desecration scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, recovered a clump of moss ...

There are even life forms that colonise the edges of ocean floor vents spewing super-heated liquid into the sea. Less extreme but still a difficult place, take a look and you will see there is plenty ...