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I read somewhere that 300 million years ago, when trees died, they didn’t rot. It took 60 million for bacteria to evolve to be able to decompose wood. Which is
by wintorez 5y ago
I read somewhere that 300 million years ago, when trees died, they didn’t rot. It took 60 million for bacteria to evolve to be able to decompose wood. Which is where most our coal comes from.
- Maursault 5y agoThose wood decomposing bacteria are the evolutionary slackers of the Carboniferous Era. Our new plastic decomposing bacteria evolved in only 60 years. In 60 million years of evolution they'll have their own space program.
- wintorez 5y ago> In 60 million years of evolution they'll have their own space program. LOL, You mean like Astrophage?