Amazon’s Plastic Feast: The Fungus That Digests Our Pollution Problem
Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where biodiversity reaches its zenith, a humble fungus is rewriting humanity’s battle plan against plastic pollution. Discovered over a decade ago, Pestalotiopsis microspora possesses an almost miraculous ability: it feasts on polyurethane plastic—one of our most persistent environmental pollutants—and thrives even in the oxygen-starved depths of landfills . This isn’t … Read more
