How sunken WWII wreckage is poisoning the Baltic Sea - DW News

[TexasTowelie]

[progree]

1. Only 4 minutes, so not a big investment of time. Amazing to learn oil from WWII sunken ships is a

growing problem and not just ancient history.

[Best_man23]

2. This also makes me think the same thing is happening in the Solomons

Off Guadalcanal, the sound there is referred to as "Iron Bottom Sound" for the number of Japanese and Allied warships and transports sunk there.

In both instances (Baltics and Solomons), not only does the risk of oil leaking from the wrecks pose environmental hazards, the presence of unexploded ordinance makes even exploring and examining these wrecks by divers a very risky undertaking.

[mopinko]

3. anyone who's ever been to pearl harbor knows this.

got a permanent sheen.

i guess it wont matter when the planet is uninhabitable.
does anyone have any hope left?

[LT Barclay]

4. There was also a very good Nightline episode from Ted Koppel's days that documented sloppy handling

of radioactive wastes from Russian nuclear submarines. Horrible stuff: guys handling dripping hoses of the stuff with no protection, etc.

Also, we've got a horrible situation with radioactive and other WW2 wastes dumped off the coast of CA. Probably east and gulf coasts also.