The Guardian

Could this humble sea sponge clean up the world’s ports?

Could this humble sea sponge clean up the world’s ports?WorldPing

The chicken liver sponge has sailed through a test of its ability to filter pollutants in a harbour in Spain’s Costa Brava In the polluted waters of Marina Palamós on Spain’s Costa Brava, Manuel Maldonado, a sponge biologist, noticed something unusua…

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