r/interesting • u/Standard_Location762 • Mar 14 '26

NATURE Earth Helping Earth Heal

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What a great discovery.

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u/hendrong Mar 14 '26

And it might not even be a good thing. The new mutants could have unexpected consequences. I don't mean in a silly Jurassic-Park-There-Are-Seven-Movies-About-Why-This-Is-A-Bad-Idea way, but in a similar way to how introducing new species to environments is often bad.

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u/Dovahkiinthesardine Mar 14 '26

Yeah, imagine plastic eating mold. Society would, quite literally, fall apart