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https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/germany-climate-seagrass/
People restoring sea grass to the Baltic Sea.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/08/the-serial-killer-and-the-texas-mom-who-stopped-him
This woman stopped a serial killer.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste
Plastic eating bacteria could change the world.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-28/quoll-thought-extinct-found-south-australia/102911364
An animal called a quoll thought to be extinct for 130 years has been rediscovered.
Don't worry, we'll invent a type of plastic immune to this bacteria and start the whole process anew!
As an aside, 'plastic eating bacteria' have been 'discovered' countless times over the past several decades.
Possibly due to each discovery being some bacteria that eat exactly 1 chemistry of plastic.
: )
No idea about that, but your bringing up the issue reminded me of the movie Andromeda Strain...
"Just as he has this insight, the organism mutates into a non-lethal form that degrades synthetic rubber and plastic"
Apparently there's a TV show based on the same story.