Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS) with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos
Ologies with Alie Ward
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How to Survive Shipworms in the Black Sea
The Black Sea is one of the few places that's not super super cold that's immune to them. It's because you've got like a very thin layer of oxygenated water near the surface and then below that, it's like super anoxic. So the worms just can't survive. If a ship sinks quickly enough in the Black Sea, it won't be affected by shipworms or it shouldn't unless that also changes with climate change - which is possible.
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