What’s Eating The Titanic?

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Download the Tab For A Cause browser extension at https://tab.gladly.io/global-health/minuteearth2/ When a ship sinks, lots of factors, like the ship’s materials, the water quality, and the depth of the seafloor all play a role in determining how long the ship will last down there - as a result, the Titanic will be gone in fifty years, while Byzantine wrecks in the Black sea remain. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Anoxia: the absence of oxygen - Chemosynthesis: the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight. - Corrode: destroy or damage (metal, stone, or other materials) slowly by chemical action. - Decomposer: an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Cameron Duke | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Lizah van der Aart | Storyboarding and Illustration Sarah Berman | Illustration and Video Editing Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** “Centuries of Preserved Shipwrecks Found in the Black Sea.” History, 26 Oct. 2016, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-sea-shipwreck-discovery “Divers Visited the Titanic’s Wreck for the First Time in over a Decade. Here’s Why They Were Shocked by the Ship’s Condition.” Time, time.com/5658903/titanic-wreck-deteriorating/ “Dokos Shipwreck.” Wikipedia, 2 Jan. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokos_shipwreck ““Oldest Intact Wreck” Found in Black Sea.” BBC News, 23 Oct. 2018, www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45951132 Price, Kyra A., et al. “A Shallow Water Ferrous-Hulled Shipwreck Reveals a Distinct Microbial Community.” Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 11, 19 Aug. 2020, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01897 Saplakoglu, Yasemin. “Perfectly Preserved Ancient Shipwreck Found in the Baltic Sea with Guns Ready to Fire.” Livescience.com, 24 July 2019, www.livescience.com/66011-ancient-shipwreck-baltic-sea.html Science, Aristos Georgiou, and Health Reporter. “Titanic Is Being Eaten by the Ocean in Its Watery Grave.” Newsweek, 23 Sept. 2022, www.newsweek.com/titanic-could-become-entombed-coral-after-being-eaten-alive-ocean-1745782 “The Science of Shipwrecks.” Coastwatch, ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/previous-issues/2013-2/winter-2013/the-science-of-shipwrecks/ Watson, Sara Kiley. “How Scientists Keep Ancient Shipwrecks from Crumbling into Dust.” Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020, www.popsci.com/story/science/saving-shipwreck-nanoparticles/ “Why Is This 2,500 Year Old Shipwreck so Well-Preserved? - Helen Farr and Jon Adams.” TED-Ed, ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-this-2-500-year-old-shipwreck-so-well-preserved-helen-farr-and-jon-adams “Why Some Shipwreck Treasures Disintegrate, While Others Stand the Test of Time.” Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2023, www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a42244647/recovering-treasure-from-shipwrecks/ Woodward, Aylin. “The Titanic Is Slowly but Surely Disappearing — Here’s What the Wreck Looks like Now.” Business Insider, www.businessinsider.com/titanic-shipwreck-disappearing-dive-reveals-2019-9 “World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found in Black Sea.” Phys.org, phys.org/news/2018-10-world-oldest-intact-shipwreck-black.html