http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100507-science-environment-gulf-mexico-oil-spill-cleanup-bacteria/

This article is about how Mother Nature is doing its own thing to fight off the Goulf of Mexico's oil spill. The oil spill reached the shore of Louisiana on Thursday May sixth. When the oil hit the shore there was a foul odor in the air and it was Mother Nature doing her own thing to fight off the oil. One of the ways that it was fighting off the oil is by evaporating the oil from the surgace of the water and letting itvaporize fro the sun light. Another way that it is fightig the oil is small microbes that love eating the heavy oil that sinks to the bottom, they said it is like their butter so that is a great way to get rid of it.