Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch - eviltoast
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    7 months ago

    It’s going to be a significantly different number than that. You have to factor in growth rate in a resource-abundant environment as well as reduced access to food sources as more of the patch is consumed. But yeah, you’re right that’s actually a very fast rate of consumption of a non-naturally-renewing food source.