Articles for tag: biodegradation technology, Environmental Science, marine conservation, ocean pollution solutions, plastic-eating microbes

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Microbes That Eat Plastic Could Save Oceans

Suhail Ahmed

Beaches that should smell like salt and sunblock now crunch underfoot with plastic bits the size of sand. It’s a slow-motion crisis that hides in plain sight, drifting from rivers to gyres and into the bellies of fish. Against that bleak backdrop, a surprising counterforce has emerged from petri dishes and compost piles: microbes and ...