stackyFACTSLeave it to nature to look at a catastrophic human pollution crisis and see free real estate.
Leave it to nature to look at a catastrophic human pollution crisis and see free real estate. The "Plastisphere" is a terrifying new ecosystem thriving on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Aggressive microbes, including disease-causing Vibrio bacteria, have evolved to colonize and hitchhike across oceans on microplastic shards. We threw out our trash, and nature responded by building a mobile, disease-vectoring armada.
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