BP Gulf Aftermath-- the earth and the gulf are resilient #BP #gulfspill #microbes #pauto

It appears that Mother Earth, and especially the Gulf of Mexico, is much more resilient than we thought. AP reports a paper in ScienceExpress, the online version of the journal Science reports the results of a study of oil-eating bacteria that have spontaneously started eating the huge underwater oil plume, without significant depletion of the oxygen in the Gulf around the plume.

It appears that these bacteria may have evolved to take advantage of naturally occuring oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico (there are many), and are now feasting on the remnants of the BP spill.

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