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It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels that litter the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry. As part of an unprecedented effort to map and better understand the history of ocean dumping in the region, scientists found a multitude of discarded munition boxes, smoke floats and depth charges lurking 3,000 feet underwater. Most appear to be from the World War II era, and it's unclear what risk they might pose to the environment.

Munitions, DDT and chemicals were deliberately dumped in the ocean from Los Angeles to Catalina Island for decades from the 1940s to 1972. They are still there.

The findings are from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's second seafloor survey and are part of a larger project to assess the impact of DDT and other harmful pollutants on the environment

"It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels that litter the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry."

The findings are from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's second seafloor survey and are part of a larger project to assess the impact of DDT and other harmful pollutants on the environment