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

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

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dimath@ttrpg.network
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I can’t tell if it’s a good news or bad news.

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bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world
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Fungus are great news, the best nonplant plant in the ecosystem

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Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
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Ahem, Mammals would like a word with you. MAMMALS RULE, FUNGUS DROOLS!

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illi@lemm.ee
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It’s mamals who generally drool though

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CheapFrottage@lemmynsfw.com
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James Acaster has entered the chat

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krashmo@lemmy.world
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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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Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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An interesting scifi plot could be where said fungi start hungering for the microplastics within us…

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classic@fedia.io
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First they came for our patch then they came for our balls

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anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Assuming you don’t have the immune system of a plastic bottle you will be fine.

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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Yeah, the plastic eatings sometgings never process the toxic bits.

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mister_monster@monero.town
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All in all good news. It means less plastic and more biomass.

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kevindqc@lemmy.world
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And more CO2

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mister_monster@monero.town
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Yup, if we can sequester the extra CO2 in the biomass part of the carbon cycle I think that’s the best solution, it doesn’t fight life on the planet, instead it works with it.

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