Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • towerful@programming.devEnglish
    37·
    10 months ago

    Can’t wait for the pandemic of plastic eating fungus infecting the human race and living on the micro plastic in our testicles.
    Or, like, all medical tools becoming impossible to package and ship cause of this fungus.

    • JayTreeman@fedia.io
      7·
      10 months ago

      Or just spreading outside of the garbage patch and getting into a city. Suddenly everywhere there’s plastic coated electric wiring becomes a fire hazard.

      • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’ve heard the reason hot blooded animals evolved is because they’re resistant to fungal infections unlike cold blooded animals

    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      First I was like “that sounds really good actually” but turning it into CO2 probably isnt good news

      • threelonmusketeersEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

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