Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • towerful@programming.devEnglish
    38·
    6 个月前

    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·
      6 个月前

      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.

    • Tyfud@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 个月前

      It can survive in salt water, but probably not our bloodstream when we’re making antibodies

      • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        6 个月前

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