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One man has been working for a decade to clean up ocean oil leaks from WWII warships (www.npr.org)

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There are more than an estimated 3000 World War II shipwrecks across the Pacific Ocean. After years of decay, some of the wrecks are spilling thousands of tons of oil and fuel into the sea.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Heard him on npr the other day

I’ve also scuba dove in Japanese WW2 shipwrecks in the Philippines and there’s oil blobs just floating around on the ceilings