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Water and oil are naturally antipodals, which means that oil does not dissolve in water; it just floats over the surface. Due to this natural phenomenon, oil spills have been the greatest of disasters, polluting water bodies and proving hazardous for the environment.
But what if there is a natural solution to this problem!
Scientists have observed that sunlight can effectively dissolve the oil into the ocean.
A team of researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) intend to figure out where much of the oil from the 2019 Deepwater Horizon oil spill wound up. It was one of the largest spills in US history, where almost 210 million gallons of crude oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. It even caused 11 deaths.
https://themaritimepost.com/2022/02/sunlight-can-help-dissolve-oil-into-seawater-surprising-even-scientists/