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schizoidman@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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

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Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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

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    I can’t tell if it’s a good news or bad news.

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      Fungus are great news, the best nonplant plant in the ecosystem

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        Ahem, Mammals would like a word with you. MAMMALS RULE, FUNGUS DROOLS!

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          It’s mamals who generally drool though

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          James Acaster has entered the chat

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      Assuming it doesn’t evolve the ability to digest human flesh after it eats all the plastic, I think this is great news.

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        An interesting scifi plot could be where said fungi start hungering for the microplastics within us…

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          First they came for our patch then they came for our balls

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      Yeah, the plastic eatings sometgings never process the toxic bits.

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