Scientists have discovered a possible new tool for addressing the growing problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. A recently published study by an international consortium of researchers ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists discovered a tiny hero working hard to keep our oceans clean: a plant-eating fungus. Although the study certainly shows the marine fungus can and will break down plastic, ...

Marine fungus takes a bite out of plastic waste By Paul Ridden June 05, 2024 The fungus Parengyodontium album has been found to break down polyethylene waste in the marine environment at a rate of ...

A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, among others, NIOZ published their results in ...

A team of researchers from YOKOHAMA National University, Japan, have discovered a previously unknown species of marine fungus ...

The story of life on Earth keeps getting stranger. Researchers report they've discovered dormant algae and a thriving community of carbon-chomping fungus deep beneath the ocean floor in ...

A ubiquitous skin fungus linked to dandruff, eczema and other itchy, flaky maladies in humans has now been tracked to even further global reaches -- including Hawaiian coral reefs and the extreme ...