Scientists Find TNT Leaking From a 100-Year-Old Submarine Wreck

Scientists Find TNT Leaking From a 100-Year-Old Submarine Wreck

Fierce naval battles in the North Sea during both world wars sent many ships to the seafloor. Their wrecks remain there today, leaking toxic chemicals that are absorbed by local plants and animals. In April 1917, the German submarine UC-30 was traveling beneath the North Sea near the Danish island of Rømø. Engine problems had [...]

TNT from WWI submarine wrecks leaking into North Sea food chain

TNT residues from World War I weaponry are leaking into the North Sea, infiltrating the marine food chain more than a century after the conflict ended. Researchers discovered traces of the explosive in the water, seabed sediments, and living organisms surrounding the wreck of a German submarine. The study focused on the UC-30, a submarine that sank in April 1917 near the Danish island of Rømø after striking a British mine. The vessel carried 18 …

Scientists Just Found TNT Leaking From a 100-Year-Old Submarine Wreck, And It Could Get Worse

Image Courtesy: Kathrine Juul Andresen A German submarine that sank in the North Sea during World War I is still releasing toxic explosive compounds into the surrounding marine environment more than a century later, researchers have found. The UC-30 submarine was carrying 18 mines and six torpedoes when it struck a British mine on April […] The post Scientists Just Found TNT Leaking From a 100-Year-Old Submarine Wreck, And It Could Get Worse app…