cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16488358
Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16488358
Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Assuming it doesn’t evolve the ability to digest human flesh after it eats all the plastic, I think this is great news.
An interesting scifi plot could be where said fungi start hungering for the microplastics within us…
First they came for our patch then they came for our balls
Assuming you don’t have the immune system of a plastic bottle you will be fine.