How marine life is thriving on deadly WWII bombs at the bottom of the sea

How marine life is thriving on deadly WWII bombs at the bottom of the sea

Nature always finds a way, and in this case it’s learning to live with bombs left underwater following World War II. When researchers peered into the Bay of Lübeck, in the German Baltic Sea, they found something surprising — marine colonies thriving on munitions dumped after WWII, despite them containing toxic compounds. In fact, scientists found more creatures living on top of the warheads than in the surrounding seabed (Picture: AP) A st…