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[-] vipaal@aussie.zone 22 points 1 day 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 9 points 1 day 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 1 points 1 day ago

That next 60 will breeze by as well

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day 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 2 points 1 day ago

The formation of fossil fuels that then got burned starting in the Industrial Revolution causing our current climate change

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, so that was fungi? TIL!

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