Genetically modified bacteria may eat up ocean plastic waste
This sounds like the beginning of an apocalypse movie.
Some version of this concept has floated (pun intended) around for a while. Thing is that plastics are an energy dense “food source” and once something evolves a way to metabolize it they’ll have a huge advantage.
It’s like how glyphosate tolerance has appeared in weed plants already. Evolution is always looking for an angle.
Not necessary, normal bacteria&friends are already doing it. Also funnily enough there is an increase in biodiversity because of the Great Pacific Garbage patch because sea life can attach to the trash, creating a new ecosystem.
Nature do be amazing like that.
I have always said, nature will continue to thrive, it is we that will have consenquences
yes, that and massive biodiversity loss that will take millions of years to recover
Yeah but mass extinction events aren’t a new thing on earth. People need to understand that climate is a problem because of selfish reasons.
