Beneath the ocean lie 8,500 forgotten WWII shipwrecks. Many are still filled with oil
- Scattered across the ocean floor worldwide are more than 8,500 shipwrecks classified as potentially polluting, most dating back to World War I and World War II, still carrying an estimated 6 billion gallons of heavy fuel oil within their corroding hulls.
- As these vessels approach or pass the century mark since sinking, their steel structures continue to weaken, and a growing body of research warns that pollution from these wrecks could reach its highest levels within this decade.
- Nowhere has this risk been made clearer than in Micronesia, where a series of real-world leaks from sunken World Wa
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- Scattered across the ocean floor worldwide are more than 8,500 shipwrecks classified as potentially polluting, most dating back to World War I and World War II, still carrying an estimated 6 billion gallons of heavy fuel oil within their corroding hulls.
- As these vessels approach or pass the century mark since sinking, their steel structures continue to weaken, and a growing body of research warns that pollution from these wrecks could reach its highest levels within this decade.
- Nowhere has this risk been made clearer than in Micronesia, where a series of real-world leaks from sunken World Wa
Sources: Times of India