Shipwrecks can become thriving reefs, but may contain hidden toxic time bombs
The Conversation · 19 Oct 2026

Shipwrecks can become thriving reefs, but may contain hidden toxic time bombs

Late last year, scientists in Germany published some remarkable findings on a second world war munitions dump in the Baltic Sea. Some may dismiss the dump as hazardous waste, but to marine biologists it was something far more exciting: a thriving ecosystem. Over the decades, the dump has become home


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