Humans should consider microbes as beneficial organisms for all of the following reasons except: Group of answer choices

they purify water in the hydrosphere.

they consume carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.

they decompose organic waste in the geosphere.

they generate oxygen in the hydrosphere.

they filter ultraviolet radiation in the atmosphere.

African penguins, which inhabit the coasts of southern africa, were classified as an endangered species in 2010. two significant threats to their survival are ecosystem damage from oil spills and overfishing by humans. overfishing depletes the food supply of african penguins. the best method to reduce the threat of overfishing would be to . the risk of oil spills could be reduced by increasing the use of , which should oil consumption. if an oil spill does occur, could be used to remove the oil so the ecosystem may more quickly recover.