The bottom of the Baltic Sea is home to large quantities of sunken munitions, a legacy of the Second World War—and often very close to shore. Should we simply leave them where they are and accept the risk of their slowly ...
Environment
Feb 11, 2019
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A special issue of the academic journal Deep-sea Research II, published recently, is devoted to expanding understanding of the global issue of chemical munitions dumped at sea. The publication was edited by Margo Edwards, ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2016
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This week Sandia National Laboratories' Explosive Destruction System (EDS) began safely destroying stockpile chemical munitions for the U.S. Army.
Other
Mar 18, 2015
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On October 21, the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will begin the final phase of an Army-funded research effort to further investigate sea-disposed military munitions. This research will ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2014
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A total of 32 chemical munitions dumping areas are shown on nautical charts of United States waters. Seven of these lie off the California coast, between San Francisco and the Mexican border. Some of the marked areas off ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2013
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