August 24, 2010 4:06 PM
by Brandon Keim
Oil-Gobbling Bug Raises Gulf Hopes ... for Now
A week after a high-profile paper suggested that the vast Deepwater Horizon oil plume could linger for months, another study claims bacteria are breaking the oil down quickly, and that the plume is likely gone. The conflict between the results are striking. Other researchers warn that there's just too little data to draw any conclusions. But the new findings are at least encouraging.
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