Something Strange Is Living in The Old Fuel Leaking From WWII Shipwrecks

Scientists examined fuel from two World War II Japanese wrecks—the oil tanker Shinkoku Maru and the converted passenger-cargo ship Kiyosumi Maru—in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia, and identified diverse bacteria that can degrade hydrocarbons, suggesting a potential natural method to address decades‑long oil leakage from the wrecks.

Source: Something Strange Is Living in The Old Fuel Leaking From WWII Shipwrecks — ScienceAlert

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