Shipwrecks can become thriving reefs, but may contain hidden toxic time bombs

By Nicholas Ray, Doctoral Programmes Manager and Researcher in Aquatic Ecology, Nottingham Trent University

Late last year, scientists in Germany published some remarkable findings on a second world war munitions dump in the Baltic Sea. Some may dismiss the dump as hazardous waste, but to marine biologists it was something far more exciting: a thriving ecosystem.

Over the decades, the dump has become home to mussels, crustaceans, fish and marine plant life, creating a full community under the sea. It’s a perfect example of an accidental reef,…

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