A closer look
When completely catastrophic industrial shipping accidents violently spill millions of gallons of thick toxic oil deeply into ocean currents, nature relies on a highly specialized microscopic cleaning crew. Certain uniquely evolved biological bacteria naturally consume complex heavy hydrocarbons as their primary biological food source. During massive ecological spills, these deeply ravenous microbes rapidly multiply by the trillions, actively chewing apart the thick toxic slick and entirely harmlessly respiring plain carbon dioxide and fresh water.
