Aiding the Cleanup, Bacteria Feast on Gulf Coast Gases
After the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico this spring, a few million barrels of crude oil came gushing into the water, along with plenty of hydrocarbon gases: propane, ethane, and mostly methane. But unlike the crude cleanup, which has involved long hours of shovels and buckets and sifting machines, nature […]