“The most surprising finding of our work is that our fungi could exclusively ... Can fungi solve the plastic crisis? While the discovery of plastic-eating fungi is a step forward, it is unlikely ...

Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean. Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa have recently discovered ...

The plastic buildup also continues to threaten our oceans. However, a newly discovered plastic-eating bacteria could help undo a lot of that damage. The bacteria is a common type of bacterium ...

that clean up plastic floating in our oceans and bring it back to land to be recycled. Scientists are also working on making a bacteria that could eat plastic. Our oceans are vast and beautiful ...