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In the Gulf of Mexico, Natural Gas Reaches 100,000 Times Normal Level
Too little oxygen could result in a condition similar to what is found today at the bottom of the Black Sea, where little or no life exists.
Tiny microbes naturally found in the ocean will consume the gases. But the process also means the depletion of oxygen, with the microbes needing almost five times more oxygen than presently exists in the water to break down all of the natural gas.
BP’s oil disaster is threatening to choke off the oxygen in some portions of the Gulf of Mexico as a result of too much natural gas having leaked from the broken well. Scientists have found natural gas levels accumulating at a rate of 100,000 times higher than normal at depths greater than 3,000 feet below the gulf surface.
One Comment on "In the Gulf of Mexico, Natural Gas Reaches 100,000 Times Normal Level"
KenZ300 on Sun, 18th Jul 2010 7:35 am
What is the true cost of OIL?
What have the tax breaks and other benefits to OIL companies been for the last 50 years?
What is the true cost of the environmental destruction that has occurred around the world and in the Gulf?
The world needs to transition to alternative energy and sustainable biofuels.