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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16488358

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

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The ecology changes until a new balance is reached. People can be a bit overly fatalist about these realities. Its not like we've never witnessed an ecology change before.

But the more carbon we put into the atmosphere, the more this tiger-by-the-tail we've got called Climate Change is worked up. Bad news if your civilization craves stability.