Overwhelming plastic pollution? Try bacteria.
Enzymes in certain bacteria are able to consume and break down plastics, offering a unique solution to the world's plastic crisis.
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Enzymes in certain bacteria are able to consume and break down plastics, offering a unique solution to the world's plastic crisis.
<strong>The long read</strong>: When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?
Last July, high school rolls were down by 476 students across Auckland. Where did the missing students go? And what are schools doing to keep the rest?
Over 18,000 people attended Harpenden's Christmas Carnival in the town's High Street on Sunday.
At the University of Portsmouth, scientists state that a “one size fits all” method to conserving mangrove forests will not work as a new study discloses a fragile blue carbon system.