Science news of the day thread.

[JimC]

Sometimes, you have to do both. Try to reduce the amount of plastic entering the oceans as much as possible, but also explore ways to actively extract it...

[rainbow]

Sometimes, you have to do both. Try to reduce the amount of plastic entering the oceans as much as possible, but also explore ways to actively extract it...

The best way to solve is at source, otherwise it is an admission of failure.

[Svartalf]

when you've failed, there's no shame in admitting it and allowing to make up for it.

[macdoc]

I think the biome will devour the plastic.

[pErvinalia]

Sometimes, you have to do both. Try to reduce the amount of plastic entering the oceans as much as possible, but also explore ways to actively extract it...

The best way to solve is at source, otherwise it is an admission of failure.

Your not going to stop microplastics entering the ocean short of banning plastic.

[macdoc]

Yup - it's energy rich material ....ma nature is already at work harvesting that.

Plastic-eating bacteria boost growing business of ...

Nature
https://www.nature.com › ... › news feature
by B Johnson · 2024 — Bacteria, fungi and plants can be grown and engineered to remove plastics, chemicals and pollutants from contaminated soil and water.

Plastic-eating enzyme identified in wastewater microbes

American Chemical Society
https://www.acs.org › pressroom › presspacs › october
3 Oct 2024 — Treated wastewater can contain microplastics, but researchers have found a plastic-busting enzyme that could help degrade the pesky particles. Shutterstock.com/ ...

Researchers Identify Plastic-Eating Microbes in Mangrove ...

Technology Networks
https://www.technologynetworks.com › ... › News
18 Oct 2024 — Researchers Identify Plastic-Eating Microbes in Mangrove Soil · Researchers have developed a method to select mangrove bacteria capable of transforming plastic.

[macdoc]

Gh0sstly‬ ‪@gh0sstly.bsky.social‬
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A new bacteria was just discovered in underwater volcanoes that can absorb high levels of c02 through photosynthesis and scientists named it Chonkus.
Chonkus please save us

[pErvinalia]

Let's keep burning oil, Brian!

[Svartalf]

burn oil? are you crazy? cooking is done in hot oil, not in burning oil.

[Brian Peacock]

Let's keep burning oil, Brian!

Yeah baby!