Oil-Eating Microbes are Challenged in the Arctic
![Past oil disasters have shown that only 15 to 25 percent of the oil can be effectively removed from the marine environments. Photo: Janne Fritt-Rasmussen Oil-Eating Microbes are Challenged in the Arctic](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/arctic-oil.jpg)
Bacteria play a major role in cleaning up oil spills and mitigating its environmental impacts. A new review examines the major limiting factors for microbial degradation in Arctic environments. New economic developments in the Arctic, such as trans-Arctic shipping and oil exploitation, will bring along unprecedented risks of marine oil spills. The world is therefore […]