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Scientists Say Hungry Microbes Ate Giant BP Gulf Oil Plume

by , 08/25/10
filed under: Water Issues

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Of course, that doesn’t mean that all of the 4.9 million barrels of oil that polluted the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon blowout are taken care of, but, if the news about the Manhattan-sized plume being eliminated is true, we can at least rest a little easier knowing that it is no longer lingering under the sea just waiting to further wreak havoc in the future.

Via Yahoo! Green News

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6 Responses to “Scientists Say Hungry Microbes Ate Giant BP Gulf Oil Plume”

  1. Bridgette Bridgette says:

    I’m super skeptical, but if it’s true, we need to do some research on these little bugs!

  2. Brit Liggett Brit Liggett says:

    I am skeptical too. That oil plume was huge! But if it is true, what a feat!

  3. chrismerwin chrismerwin says:

    It would be nice to think we could all rest a little easier, however, this situation should have never happened and its almost criminally negligent that it took this long to handle.

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