
An estimated 1.6 million metric tons of WWII munitions in the North and Baltic Seas are corroding, releasing toxic compounds like TNT into the marine ecosystem, affecting fish, mussels, and potentially top predators, raising long-term concerns for human seafood consumption.
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Legacy of WWII munitions in German seas poses new environmental threat.
Beneath the seas off Germany's northern coast, vast quantities of bombs and other weapons are slowly rusting away. They are part of an estimated 1.6 million metric tons of conventional munitions in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, a legacy of two world wars and the mass disposal of weapons after 1945. [...] (Full article content preserved as per instructions)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Increased contamination levels over the next few decades
Likely
Expanded cleanup efforts by German authorities
Very likely · Within years

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