it does appear to be a really tight knit community? it’s it does appear to be a really tight-knit community? it s a global community. tight-knit community? it s a global community, these tight-knit community? it s a global community, these are tight-knit community? it s a global community, these are people - tight-knit community? it s a global community, these are people from| tight-knit community? it s a global i community, these are people from all countries community, these are people from all countries but democrat spread all around countries but democrat spread all around. that s why all this equipment and experts themselves have had equipment and experts themselves have had to come from around to be part of have had to come from around to be part of this have had to come from around to be part of this expedition. but many of them have part of this expedition. but many of them have dive to the titanic or other them have dive to the titanic or other explorations
the us coast guard says it probably has enough oxygen to last until tomorrow, so the search is being conducted with even more urgency. us coastguard confirm that more tapping noises were picked up by a canadian team overnight, but locating them is proving extremely difficult. the titanic sank in 1912 with the loss of 1,500 lives. the wreck lies on the ocean bed, some 12,500 feet beneath the surface. the international rescue operation is being coordinated in boston. by now there are dozens of vessels involved in scanning the ocean for any sign of the small vessel, all aware than time is quickly running out for those on board. a french vessel, the atalante, with specialist equipment for searching the extreme depths,
to the ocean floor and literally harvest metal from the sea bed. so, scientists are signing letters, saying we should pause this. a number of countries are also calling for a moratorium. so, this is going to be a big story coming up how we protect our oceans, what activities we allow down there because, of course, mining on land can cause pollution. it can cause deforestation, human rights issues. so, a big battle ahead, really, looming for the oceans. actually, it s probably less damaging to take the minerals from the ocean bed than to take them from the forests of, i don t know, the congo or somewhere, isn t it? on the one hand, it could be easier to get hold of these metals but also, we just don t know enough about the process. so, opponents of deep sea mining say that you could get all of these plumes of sediment that go up, then interfere with marine life on a very
a number of countries are also calling for a moratorium. so this is going to be a big story coming up. how we protect our oceans, what activities we allow down there. because, of course, mining on land can cause pollution. it can cause deforestation, human rights issues. so a big battle ahead, really, looming for the oceans. actually, it s probably less damaging to take the minerals from the ocean bed than to take them from the forests of, i don t know, the congo or somewhere, isn t it? on the one hand, it could be easier to get hold of these metals, but also we just don t know enough about the process. so opponents of deep sea mining say that you could get all of these plumes of sediment that go up, then interfere with marine life on a very large scale.
a number of countries are also calling for a moratorium. so this is going to be a big story coming up. how we protect our oceans, what activities we allow down there. because, of course, mining on land can cause pollution. it can cause deforestation, human rights issues. so a big battle ahead, really, looming for the oceans. actually, it s probably less damaging to take the minerals from the ocean bed than to take them from the forests of, i don t know, the congo or somewhere, isn t it? on the one hand, it could be easier to get hold of these metals, but also we just don t know enough about the process. so opponents of deep sea mining say that you could get all of these plumes of sediment that go up, then interfere with marine life on a very large scale. so notjust the tiny little creatures which are down there on the sea bed,