Microbes eating oil, not using up oxygen
Seth Borenstein Associated Press Science Writer
Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf of Mexico without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating “dead zones” where fish cannot survive.
Outside scientists said this so far vindicates the difficult an....
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