Over 8,500 shipwrecks, many from World War I and II, lie on ocean floors globally, posing potential pollution risks.

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Deep beneath the calm waters of Chuuk Lagoon lie the remains of dozens of ships sunk during World War II. Today these wrecks rest silently on the seafloor, slowly being reclaimed by the ocean. Using ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A school of grunts on a sunken World War II German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina. Karen Doody/Stocktrek ...

“It’s one of the coldest, darkest wrecks in the world,” he says. “There’s a lot of drama and ego surrounding it.” Despite careful preparations, not everything went according to plan during his first ...

Underwater expeditions near Nassau found three new wrecks that could shed light on what life was like during the pirate heyday. Underwater archaeologist Sean Kingsley records a grinding stone for ...

R.I.P. to a good portion of the bow feature, made famous in the iconic "King of the World" scene of the eponymous 1997 movie. Reading time 2 minutes The wreck of RMS Titanic has lost a significant ...

Crews working on the Varberg Tunnel railway project in Sweden uncovered six shipwrecks near the historic city. The wrecks ranged from the Middle Ages to the 17th century, and exemplified multiple ship ...