Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch (futurism.com)

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[-] remi_pan@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Given the abundance of plastic and the chemical energy it contains, it is not really surprising to see lifeforms evolve to digest it... I wonder how long it will take for them to be seen as a "solution" (to plastic polution), to a "problem" (e. g. by destroying plastics outdoor, or just by unballancing ecosystems).

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Another piece is they aren’t necessarily making the problem go away they might just be shifting the problem by digesting the plastic and creating another “forever” chemical problem.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

They are really slow, so a solution or issue... not really. I assume that they are the same kind of organism that already existed for oil, did anything evolve?

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