Oil biodegradation inhibited in deep-sea sediments

ENN
Jul 19, 2018, 2:56 pm216 pts
Degradation rates of oil were slower in the dark and cold waters of the depths of the Gulf of Mexico than at surface conditions, according to an international team of geoscientists trying to understand where the oil went during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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