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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🇨🇷 🇩🇰 **The National Museum confirms: Shipwrecks in Costa Rica are Danish slave ships**</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/14369930/the-national-museum-confirms-shipwrecks-in-costa-rica-are-danish-slave-ships" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse</span><span class="invisible">/14369930/the-national-museum-confirms-shipwrecks-in-costa-rica-are-danish-slave-ships</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeodons</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CostaRica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostaRica</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeodons</span></a></span></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Estatua de Maruxaina in San Cibrao, Spain</p><p>This mermaid sculpture commemorates a Galician legend and an annual trial.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=festivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>festivals</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=mermaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mermaids</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-maruxaina" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Estatua de Maruxaina</a></p>
SusiIn rust we trust ^^<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/schiffssamstag?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schiffssamstag</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/shipsaturday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shipsaturday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/ship?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ship</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/harbour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harbour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/rust?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/shipwrecks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shipwrecks</a>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Lusitania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lusitania</span></a> </p><p>'A Kinsale-based heritage group has received planning permission from Cork County Council for a new museum to commemorate the Lusitania.</p><p>The Old Head Signal Tower Heritage CLC has gotten the green light for a new Lusitania Museum on a site close to where the vessel infamously sank more than 100 years ago.'</p><p><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41618131.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">irishexaminer.com/news/munster</span><span class="invisible">/arid-41618131.html</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>This 400 year-old wedding gown, embroidered with silver, was discovered remarkably intact in a chest from the 1620s wreck of the Palmwood, buried in sand off the Dutch coast <a href="https://smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dutch-divers-found-17th-century-dress-buried-under-the-sea-180958843/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">dutch-divers-found-17th-century-dress-buried-under-the-sea-180958843/</span></a></p><p>@artinsociety <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/costume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costume</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/weddings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weddings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/marinearchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinearchaeology</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Titanic's Legacy: Our Favorite Reads</p><p>The world&amp;<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>39</span></a>;s fastest glacier, Chartreuse jelly, and other stories connected to the doomed ocean liner.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ourfavoritereads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ourfavoritereads</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=titanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>titanic</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/titanic-legacy-shipwreck-icebergs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Titanic's Legacy: Our Favorite Reads</a></p>
JdeB<p>777 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a></p><p>"The toxic legacy of shipwrecks" [ ± 1min]<br>by DW Planet A<br>--------There is a longer video on the same topic:<br>-----&gt; The lurking oil spills no one is talking about &lt;- [11:42 min]<br>-----&gt; youtube.com/watch?v=OyKW_D9PcZk &lt;-</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_asTsK7VcTw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/_asTsK7VcTw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Quote by DWPA:<br>"Apr 6, 2025<br>The bottom of the ocean is full of weird-looking fish... and billions of gallons of oil hiding in rusting wrecks."</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForLife</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForEarth</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopBurningThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBurningThings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopEcoside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcoside</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopThePlunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopThePlunder</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateBreakDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakDown</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopRapingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopRapingNature</span></a></p>
James Green<p>Sonar of an historic iron barge, Site 16ST135, in a St. Tammany Parish, LA, waterway. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
The Red Sea Wreck Project<p>Adamantia K at The Red Sea Wreck Project - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedSeaWrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSeaWrecks</span></a> <br>⚓️ 👇<br><a href="https://bit.ly/3StdBA9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3StdBA9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scuba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScubaDiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScubaDiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WreckDiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WreckDiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WreckHunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WreckHunting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a></p>
James Green<p>Sonar of a sunken 11.2 m long wooden barge in a southwest Louisiana waterway. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sonar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Ex-Cyclone Alfred uncovers two shipwrecks over 100 years old in Australia <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/813596/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/813596/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/alfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alfred</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CycloneAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DickyBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickyBeach</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthernNewSouthWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernNewSouthWales</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaddleSteamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaddleSteamer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RonCreber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonCreber</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a></p>
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd<p>This is a recording of the talk given by Fiona Grahame which relates the stories of some of the men who lost their lives when M-class destroyer struck a mine off Rora Head, Orkney on 1st March 1917. The book, HMS Pheasant 1917 - who were the lost men and boys, is available from all good bookstores worldwide. <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RoyalNavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalNavy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScapaFlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScapaFlow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldWar1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar1</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/g7Wme2VB2sU?si=Yu6I3mqKxFl_S3TF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/g7Wme2VB2sU?si=Yu6I3m</span><span class="invisible">qKxFl_S3TF</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Shipwrecks reconstructed</p><p>A Lego model of the ship Batavia, wrecked on its maiden voyage in 1629, at the exhibition Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in Lego Bricks at the Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent. It took 1,336.5 hours and 170,463 bricks to create eight ships dating from the oldest known shipwreck in about 1300 BC, Chatham, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p><p>Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a></p>
Medievalists.net<p>Medieval Shipwreck Discovered in Sweden Could Be Oldest of Its Kind <a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/medieval-shipwreck-discovered-sweden/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medievalists.net/2025/03/medie</span><span class="invisible">val-shipwreck-discovered-sweden/</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>‘The Big Piece’ in Las Vegas, Nevada</p><p>The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipgraveyards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipgraveyards</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=titanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>titanic</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-big-piece" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘The Big Piece’</a></p>
James Green<p>Side scan sonar of a shipwreck on the bottom of a Livingston Parish, LA, waterway. Based on the sonar program it measures approximately 7.72 m (25.33 ft) long by 2.60 m (8.53 ft) wide. The shape is similar to a small river launch with rounded stern. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sonar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonar</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>A Diver Stumbled Upon the Treasure of a Lifetime—and It May Lead to a Hidden Shipwreck.</p><p>He uncovered 30,000 coins ancient coins in remarkable condition. They had to have come from somewhere.</p><p><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a63574423/diver-finds-hidden-coins-treasure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">popularmechanics.com/science/a</span><span class="invisible">rchaeology/a63574423/diver-finds-hidden-coins-treasure/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/underwaterarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underwaterarchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Canute Chambers Plaque in Southhampton, England</p><p>This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=titanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>titanic</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/canute-chambers-plaque" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canute Chambers Plaque</a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a> Are the Ticking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeBomb</span></a> at the Bottom of Our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a></p><p>As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>.</p><p>December 11, 2024</p><p>"At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons [and NUCLEAR weapons and materials!].</p><p>"For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all this time, their structures have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.</p><p>"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> and increasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storminess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storminess</span></a> accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.</p><p>"Of course, wrecks from the world wars are far from the only ones to be found at the bottom of the sea, with many others adding to the problem. The cost of addressing this global issue has been estimated at US$340 billion (£261 billion).</p><p>"How many of these wrecks pose a threat to people’s safety, to coastal communities and to the environment? What can be done – and why haven’t we done it sooner?"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/polluting-shipwrecks-are-the-ticking-time-bomb-at-the-bottom-of-our-oceans?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/pol</span><span class="invisible">luting-shipwrecks-are-the-ticking-time-bomb-at-the-bottom-of-our-oceans?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicShipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicShipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Wreck of the Marjory Glen in Argentina</p><p>This rusty hull was used as fighter plane target practice during the Falklands War.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=abandoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abandoned</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=wreck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wreck</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marjory-glen-shipwreck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wreck of the Marjory Glen</a></p>
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