Some recent international projects have paved the way for common operations by devising a series of good practices when facing the problem of munitions dumped at sea, making it very clear that the problem needs to be addressed using a holistic approach. During the CHEMSEA (Chemical munitions search and assessment) project from 2011 to 2014, a broad series of interdisciplinary studies were conducted in the Baltic Sea on current measurements, salinity and temperature distribution, bottom survey (side scan sonar images), chemical analyses, biota communities and biomarker response of organisms to environmental stress. The CHEMSEA project explored the fact that the degradation products of CWA may be different in the environment than those predicted by theoretical chemistry. The project surveyed more than 1,500 sq. km of seafloor and conducted 220 ROV sampling/identification missions. Also in the Baltic region, the MODUM initiative (Toward the Monitoring of Dumped Munitions Threat), a project from 2013 to 2016 supported by NATO's Science for Peace and Security Programme, established a cost-effective monitoring network to observe munitions dump sites using research vessels, AUVs and ROVs. Funded by the EU, the recently launched project DAIMON (Decision aid for marine munitions) will be capitalizing on past projects, proposing a risk management tool so that decision makers can evaluate the risks and benefits of various options in selected case sites.
Review&Forecast: Munitions in the sea: Time for global action
Carniel S;
2017
Abstract
Some recent international projects have paved the way for common operations by devising a series of good practices when facing the problem of munitions dumped at sea, making it very clear that the problem needs to be addressed using a holistic approach. During the CHEMSEA (Chemical munitions search and assessment) project from 2011 to 2014, a broad series of interdisciplinary studies were conducted in the Baltic Sea on current measurements, salinity and temperature distribution, bottom survey (side scan sonar images), chemical analyses, biota communities and biomarker response of organisms to environmental stress. The CHEMSEA project explored the fact that the degradation products of CWA may be different in the environment than those predicted by theoretical chemistry. The project surveyed more than 1,500 sq. km of seafloor and conducted 220 ROV sampling/identification missions. Also in the Baltic region, the MODUM initiative (Toward the Monitoring of Dumped Munitions Threat), a project from 2013 to 2016 supported by NATO's Science for Peace and Security Programme, established a cost-effective monitoring network to observe munitions dump sites using research vessels, AUVs and ROVs. Funded by the EU, the recently launched project DAIMON (Decision aid for marine munitions) will be capitalizing on past projects, proposing a risk management tool so that decision makers can evaluate the risks and benefits of various options in selected case sites.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
