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Study: Bacteria Ate All The Methane From Gulf Oil Spill
http://www.popsci.com/science/articl...new-study-says
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That was a surprise, because in mid-June, scientists found methane concentrations nearly 100,000 times above normal levels, and learned it was decomposing slowly, suggesting it would take years for the hydrocarbon to dissipate.
?We couldn?t have been more wrong. It decomposed rather quickly and was completely consumed within a matter of months,? said lead researcher John Kessler, an oceanographer at Texas A&M University
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