You're right about concentration/volume. The marine ecosystem deals with a certain amount of hydrocarbons. It's when there's more than it can deal with that we

You're right about concentration/volume. The marine ecosystem deals with a certain amount of hydrocarbons. It's when there's more than it can deal with that we get problems. Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara are studying some of the most readily accessible natural seeps in the world right off of campus: http://convergence.ucsb.edu/article/goo-and-gas http://convergence.ucsb.edu/article/goo-and-gas http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ http://convergence.ucsb.edu/news/ucsb-scientists-document-fate-huge-oil-slicks-seeps-coal-oil-point http://convergence.ucsb.edu/news/ucsb-scientists-document-fa...