Bomb Hunters of the Baltic

An international team of scientists working on the project ‘Towards the Monitoring of Dumped Munitions Threat’ (MODUM), financed through NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme have been mapping the ocean floor, locating and monitoring munition dump sites in the Baltic Sea. The variety of chemical weapons and explosives left over from the Second World War is thought to pose a significant threat to marine life in the region.