Comment on It might not be too long before animals evolve a rudimentary mechanism to filter microplastics
vipaal@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Or incorporate it. Basically what George Carlin said. Evolution will witness a new paradigm of life plus plastic and will keep evolving as if nothing matters.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It took 60m years for fungi to evolve to break down lignin (trees) and the eventual oxidation of the lignin decay products has caused the most rapid climate shift we have ever seen
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
That next 60 will breeze by as well
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
What kind of climate shift are you referring to? Like when fungi produce organic acids and aromatic compounds etc, how is that related to shifting the climate in any way?
BussyCat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The formation of fossil fuels that then got burned starting in the Industrial Revolution causing our current climate change
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Oh, so that was fungi? TIL!
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Are you referring to fossil fuels? A recent video from Howtown is messing with me.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yup