JACQUES LŒUILLE

Threats in the North Seas

In the North Sea and the Baltic, the Allies deliberately sank ships carrying hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical and conventional weapons produced during the First World War.

and World War II. Today,

These spills remain largely unknown, but the environmental consequences are serious.

The barrels that contain them take between 80 and 100 years to rust: they are now beginning to release their poison into the sea.

Scientists are predicting an unprecedented catastrophe…