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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16488358

Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

It's going to be a significantly different number than that. You have to factor in growth rate in a resource-abundant environment as well as reduced access to food sources as more of the patch is consumed. But yeah, you're right that's actually a very fast rate of consumption of a non-naturally-renewing food source.

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