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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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science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

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

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

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

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So, a byproduct of this process is, potentially, greenhouse gases? Yay.
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  And some toxic compounds.

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