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Some living organismes like the bacteria can eat away at the oil.

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How can a small oil spill in the ocean be naturally cleaned up answers?

the bacteria in the ocean


How does biotechnology help in Pollution reduction?

They created organisms that eat pollutants. There's this one bacteria they discovered that lives on oil. When theres an oil spill they can put these bacteria in there to eat the oil and clean it up.


When was the last oil spill?

the last oil spill was the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico


Which Organism can clear oil spill?

Some Pseudomonas bacteria feed on hydrocarbons; these organisms are used in bioremediation.


How do bacteria break down oil in ocean?

The bacteria consumes the bits of oil, then the undigested oil goes through its cleaning system( it has a special kind of cell that allows it to purify the oil and dissolve it) But this kind of Bacteria is rare in salt waters, like the ocean. So actually, the bacteria cannot clean a whole oil spill like the one in the Gulf of Mexico.


What are the other names of BP oil spill?

The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia


What was the most rescent oil spill?

Deepwater Horizen oil spill.


Was there an oil spill in New Mexico?

No, there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


When did the gulf war oil spill occur?

The Gulf War oil spill occurred on January 23, 1991, and was the largest oil spill to date. It was the largest purposely created oil spill in history.


What is the same or differences about the Exxon Valdez and the BP oil spill?

the Exxon Valdez spill happened before the BP oil spill. and the they are the same because they are both an oil spill


How do you get oil spill in the ocean?

It could spill out of a tanker (Exxon Valdez), it could be from a wrecked oil derrick (BP Gulf Oil Spill).


How is pollution control?

the oil pollution or oil spill controlled by super bug i.e Pseudomonas putida ..pseudomonas is a oil controlling bacteria which is commonly used to break the bonds between the hydrocarbons.