▲ 130 ▼ Wildfires expose — and detonate — buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII (apnews.com) submitted 1 week ago by veggibles@lemmy.wtf to c/world@quokk.au 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (3 children) Expose? Was the bomb doing something clandestine? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AresUII@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago Maybe they've taken to this whole loitering thing I keep hearing about permalink fedilink source parent [–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago Exposed to the air / elements I guess? Fueled by climate change, the fires and explosions show that the continent’s “climatic luck” is running out, said Sarah Njeri, a peace and conflict scholar at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Steady temperatures and predictable rainfall once ensured that most buried weapons stayed dormant. “Climate change is now doing the work of unburying and reactivating what was previously stable,” Njeri said. Fires can ignite old munitions but can also burn away the scrub and brush that hides them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] StillAlive@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 child) Expose as in 'exhibitionist', not as in 'spy'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago Stupid, sexy unexploded ordinance permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AresUII@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago Maybe they've taken to this whole loitering thing I keep hearing about permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago Exposed to the air / elements I guess? Fueled by climate change, the fires and explosions show that the continent’s “climatic luck” is running out, said Sarah Njeri, a peace and conflict scholar at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Steady temperatures and predictable rainfall once ensured that most buried weapons stayed dormant. “Climate change is now doing the work of unburying and reactivating what was previously stable,” Njeri said. Fires can ignite old munitions but can also burn away the scrub and brush that hides them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 child) Expose as in 'exhibitionist', not as in 'spy'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago Stupid, sexy unexploded ordinance permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago Stupid, sexy unexploded ordinance permalink fedilink source parent