Nuclear powered CDR?: Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability

[Greg Rau]

https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

“ ….clinging to the interior walls of one of the most radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.

That fungus is called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and some scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. This proposed mechanism is even referred to as radiosynthesis.”