I’ve wondered how far out we are from microorganisms and insects adapting to remove one of the biggest utilities of plastics, their durability. Crazy to think it’s taking less than a century for these organisms to begin to adapt.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I expected to see microbes here first. Insects have a slower reproduction cycle, so evolution should take longer.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Well, it's the gut bacteria of those insects doing the breaking down, so it is still microbes. Just microbes hosted by worms.

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