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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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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I would really like to know what's the resulting materials after the breaking down, but the article doesn't say :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Well, given what we know about most commercial plastics, which are all derived from oil/complex hydrocarbons, the consumed plastic could be broken down into condensed carbon? Or would it be carbon gases? I'm speculating based on just what I know about plastics, what they are and how they're made.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I've heard living organisms tend to output carbondioxide

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