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Gulf oil leak causing upheaval in marine ecology
Description: Researchers are beginning to collect data on how the oil leak is changing life in the Gulf of Mexico. Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia in Athens measured oxygen levels throughout the water column near the oil plume and found them to be lower than normal. She says this is a result of increased activity from bacteria that are digesting the oil. [Source: NewScientist]
URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19021-gulf-oil-leak-causing-upheaval-in-marine-ecology.html
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Source: NewScientist
Publish Date: 6/8/2010
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