Coastal areas adjacent to former industrial or harbor sites frequently retain residual pollutants from past activities. Pollution in the marine environment often goes undetected for extended periods, posing significant health risks to the local population. Industrial contaminants can persist in marine sediments and mud for long durations, necessitating active remediation or removal efforts. Such extraction projects tend to be large-scale and prohibitively expensive. When disturbances to the seabed release pollutants from the sediment into the water column and surface, affected coastlines are deemed unsafe for public use, yet comprehensive cleanup measures are rarely implemented . There is a pressing need for effective services and technologies dedicated to the remediation of coastal and urban marine environments.
