When a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the Solomon Islands on November 22, 2023, locals saw something they never expected—oil washing up onto the shores of Guadalcanal. The culprit? A sunken WWII shipwreck, decades old, but still holding the potential to cause environmental devastation.
What most people don't realize is that the Pacific Ocean is littered with thousands of shipwrecks from the Second World War, many of them holding hazardous cargo like oil, bombs, and chemicals. These underwater wrecks are ticking time bombs, threatening to release toxic substances into the waters that millions depend on.
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