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- Scientists Argue That Methane from the Gulf Oil Spill Was Not Eaten by Microbes Sat, 28 May 11, 12:36amLast year, in the midst of the Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, we wrote about a study that said that microbes in the Gulf had consumed a lot of the rogue oil plume caused by the disaster...
- Microbes in the Gulf May Eat More Gas Than Previously Thought Fri, 22 Oct 10, 2:04amSix months ago — just before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill — a team of researchers studied the methane consuming microbes that live deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and found that they consume up to...
- Scientists Say Hungry Microbes Ate Giant BP Gulf Oil Plume Wed, 25 Aug 10, 11:35pmMicrobes “eating” oil. Source: Reuters/Yahoo!Green Recently, we reported on evidence of a precarious Manhattan-sized oil plume resulting from the BP spill, but new findings show that the plume has been almost...