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Coats the soil. so you don't get gas exchange, you get basically an anoxic layer. >> anoxic meaning no -- blocking oxygen. >> no oxygen. >> so this obviously not very substantial, small island we're on, with oil coating it, becomes less substantial, more subject to erosion, this island's in danger of going away because this oil is on it? >> exactly. so with oil coating surfaces of the soil and plants, if it is sufficient enough like it is right now, you can see, it kills plants right where it comes into contact. and by just suffocating the plants, you lose the anchor that the plants provide, a...
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