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EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 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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EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 1 year ago
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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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    First I was like “that sounds really good actually” but turning it into CO2 probably isnt good news

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      Might it be better than sticking around is plastic for thousands of years? I don’t know.

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