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Two-dimensional gas chromatograms show how many compounds were in the
oil at the ocean surface (top) and how few compounds remain in
the sediments (bottom) after parts of the oil dissolved into the water,
evaporated into the air, or were degraded by microbes.
(Chromatogram by Bob Nelson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)