By using nuclear applications, it was possible to determine with good accuracy the amount of pollutants found on the seabed and also where they had come from
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Fuel-eating microbes from the frozen Antarctic were recently found to naturally clean up pollution in the driest continent, "munching up" through wastes caused by diesel. Research stations have been using diesel as a source of heat and energy in the coldest polar region.