Honoured to present our research into potentially polluting wrecks in the "Maritime Emergencies: Science Informing Response and Recovery of Oil Spills at Sea” session at AMSA-NSMSS 2024 Conference. Raising awareness about this urgent issue one presentation at a time! #AMSA2021

Things have been busy here at MPF….we’re extremely honoured that our research on polluting WWII shipwrecks is being showcased at The Explorers Club Global Exploration Summit in Portugal! #glex2021 #togetherinexploration #expandingworld #theexplorersclub youtube.com/watch?v=RCtaLj…...

With lockdown keeping us stuck at home we took the opportunity to speak with Dive NZ/Pacific mags about our mission to remove the threat of pollution from #WWII #wrecks. Their latest edition (and our interview) can be found here yumpu.com/en/document/vi… #Scuba #MarinePollution

A new post by New Security Beat explores the legacy of more than 120yrs. of #war. #Military #hazards that #climatechange can “wake up”, include landmines, toxic waste, and #nuclear materials. #Ukraine, #Iraq and #Greenland offer some examples. t.ly/55IN Environmental Law Institute

Latest research alert 🚨! digital.ecomagazine.com/publication/?i… ECO Magazine in partnership with Mission Blue presents our latest collab with @CGGcompany , UD College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, SEARCH & SPREP showing the impact of #marinepollution from wrecks at the Bikini Atoll UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 World Heritage Site.

The legacies of WW2 and nuclear testing have left over 1,290 potentially polluting shipwrecks on the ocean floor. Explore how Major Projects Foundation are aiming the mitigate the impacts of these wrecks in our latest edition! j.mp/2Z4VCIr

🗣Happening now: Day one of the two-day national consultation workshop on the importance of protecting #UnderwaterCulturalHeritage in #RMI 🇲🇭

AIMA members! The next Ahoy meeting is tomorrow evening at 6pm (AEST) check you emails for further details. This meeting we will also have a talk by the fantastic Dr Katarina Jerbic. See you there!

Can’t wait for the OZTek Dive Conference in a few weeks! Come along and hear what we have been up to at the Major Projects Foundation & some exciting news that will be keeping us busy for the next couple of years! #scuba #archaeology #wreck #pollution #action #oilspill #BluePaciific

Excited to be presenting ‘Ghost Wrecks of the Pacific’ at the OZTek Dive #Scuba Conference Saturday at 4.30 pm. Come along for your fix of #wrecks, #marine #archaeology and #photogrammetry!

"The United States is committed to the safe removal and disposal of unexploded ordnance, and hereby acknowledges the concerns of Pacific Island States regarding other remnants of World War II" whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

We're finally going back to Chuuk this month!!! Decaying World War II wrecks in Truk Lagoon contain oil that poses an imminent threat to the local environment and people. Thanks to AusGov DFAT and SPREP, we will help FSM manage this risk. youtube.com/watch?v=jtqnli…

It's a TEAM effort to get epic projects like this going. Thanks to AusGov DFAT, SPREP, FSM Govt, Chuuk Govt and their agencies EPA, HPO, NACH and DECCEM. A shout out to Peter Morris, Dianne Tosland, Austin Baird, Jane Daniels of AusP3 and Paul Adams for his unwavering vision.

Success! The first archaeological survey of the Japanese Submarine I-124 (protected under the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018) by the Major Projects Foundation. abc.net.au/news/2022-11-2…

Congratulations to our Research Director Dr Matt Carter ⚓️🇳🇿 for being recognised by the The Explorers Club and joining this incredible group of people. Every bit counts towards our mission of protecting the Pacific from polluting WWII wrecks!

Expedition success! In late 2022, following COVID-19 related delays, we undertook our first field visit to Federated States of Micronesia as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 -funded WWII Shipwreck Pollution Mitigation Project. We look forward to continuing this work with our partners in 2023!

Hugely proud to have completed the first archaeological survey (and first dives in 38 years!) of the I-124 Japanese Submarine. As always massive thanks to our team and supporters for making these complex projects possible. #scuba #Archaeology #research youtube.com/watch?v=7KbRG0…

Xmas has come early for Major Projects Foundation with our inclusion in a coalition of international experts developing a global strategic response to the threat of polluting wrecks! With Lloyd's Register Foundation, IUCN, The Ocean Foundation, ICOMOS-ICUCH, Waves Group and others! lr.org/en/knowledge/h…