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The survey, which used deep-water uncrewed vehicles equipped with sonar and a video camera, was a high-tech follow up in a region known to have been the dumping ground for industrial and chemical waste from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Surveying industrial waste on the seafloor, researchers identified a surprising number of munitions now nearly 80 years old.
Using advanced underwater cameras, scientists found a multitude of World War II-era munitions littered across the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles.
Using advanced underwater cameras, scientists found a multitude of World War II-era munitions littered across the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles.
While industrial waste was also confirmed to be on the seafloor, a surprising number of the objects identified were 80-year-old munitions..