Bacteria managed to take in the methane before it could rise from the sea bottom and be released into the atmosphere, but the process contributed to a loss of about 1 million tons of dissolved oxygen in areas southwest of the well.
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"Given observations about how slowly methane is normally consumed, we didn't think the (bacteria) population was up to the challenge at all ... we thought it would be a lot slower," Valentine said.
The fact the bacteria took in that large amount of methane could indicate that bacteria might absorb other large-scale deep ocean methane releases, the scientists said.
Bacteria gobbled methane from BP spill: scientists
Our natural systems are amazingly resilient... if we'd just stop torturing them
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If our government fails we're in a Lucifer's Hammer situation. A Road Warrior scenario.
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