Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular signature distinguishes enzymes capable of efficiently breaking down plastic. Found in nearly 80% of ocean samples, these PETase variants show nature’s growing adaptation to human pollution.
What if the opposite happens and “oh shit, all plastic in the world is getting eaten, it’s worthless now!”
They’ll just create a new undegradable plastic and then we’ll have the plastic pollutn problem all over again. Its an endless loop from which the only way out is an intentional, designed solution.
That would be so hilarious! The thing you put around shit so it doesn’t spoil? Guess what! IT SPOILS!
It happened to cellulose.