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Fungus in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone has mutated to 'feed' on radiation (2024)

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73 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 15:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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datadrivenangel ◴[12 Nov 25 15:16 UTC] No.45901233[source]▶
Life finds a way.

We're going to see an increase in plastic metabolizing bacteria as well, so eventually our plastics will 'rust' and degrade faster.

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1. raverbashing ◴[12 Nov 25 15:45 UTC] No.45901579[source]▶
It does find, though last time evolution took some million years to figure out how to break polymers. (That period is known as the Carboniferous period)
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2. krige ◴[12 Nov 25 16:01 UTC] No.45901794[source]▶
Well, good thing it had a head start now.