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Netizens slam Netflix for re-releasing 'Titanic' after submersible tragedy

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix is bringing back the Oscar-winning 1997 film to the streamer on July 1 in the U.S. and Canada

Int'l agencies investigates loss of Titan submersible carrying 5 people

An international group of agencies is investigating the loss of the Titan submersible, seeking to determine what caused it to implode while carrying five people to the Titanic. Investigators from the US Coast Guard, the US National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the French marine casualties investigation board and the United Kingdom Marine Accident Investigation Branch are working closely together on the probe of the June 18 accident that drew worldwide attention. Evidence is being collected in the port of St. John's, Newfoundland, in coordination with Canadian authorities. On Sunday, US Coast Guard Capt. Jason Neubauer, that agency's chief investigator, said at a news conference that the salvage operations from the sea floor in the North Atlantic are ongoing, and they have mapped the accident site. He did not give a timeline for the investigation. The Coast Guard board can make recommendations to prosecutors to pursue civil or criminal ...

Titan sub's implosion draws attention to deep-sea expeditions regulations

When the Titan submersible made its fateful dive into the North Atlantic on Sunday, it also plunged into the murkily regulated waters of deep-sea exploration. It's a space on the high seas where laws and conventions can be sidestepped by risk-taking entrepreneurs and the wealthy tourists who help fund their dreams. At least for now. We're at a point in submersible operations in deep water that's kind of akin to where aviation was in the early 20th century, said Salvatore Mercogliano, a history professor at Campbell University in North Carolina who focuses on maritime history and policy. Aviation was in its infancy and it took accidents for decisions to be made to be put into laws, Mercogliano said. There'll be a time when you won't think twice about getting on a submersible and going down 13,000 feet. But we're not there yet. Thursday's announcement by the U.S. Coast Guard that the Titan had imploded near the Titanic shipwreck, killing all five people on board, has drawn attention

Here's what filmmaker James Cameron has to say on Titan submarine loss

In an interview with ABC News, Cameron expressed his views on the tragedy as a longtime member of the diving community, who has made 33 trips to the Titanic himself

Rescuers make last push as few hours of oxygen left in missing Titan

The race against time to find a submersible that disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site entered a new phase of desperation on Thursday morning as the final hours of oxygen possibly left on board the tiny vessel ticked off the clock. Rescuers have rushed more ships and vessels to the site of the disappearance, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day might help narrow their search in the urgent, international mission. But the crew had only a four-day oxygen supply when the vessel, called the Titan, set off around 6 a.m. Sunday. Even those who expressed optimism warned that many obstacles remain: from pinpointing the vessel's location, to reaching it with rescue equipment, to bringing it to the surface assuming it's still intact. And all that has to happen before the passengers' oxygen supply runs out. The full area being searched was twice the size of Connecticut in waters as deep as 13,200 feet (4,020 meters). Captain Jamie Frederick of the Firs

Decoded: Wreck-diving and the missing OceanGate's Titan submersible

This is what the tourists travelling in OceanGate's Titan submersible must have also been looking forward to when they boarded the vessel

G20 SAIs agree to cooperate to meet challenges of auditing blue economy, AI

Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of G20 nations on Wednesday pledged to cooperate and collaborate to deal with the challenges of auditing frontier spheres of blue economy and artificial intelligence (AI). The communique, issued at the end of the three-day meeting of the Supreme Audit Institutions-20 (SAI20) Engagement Group, set up under India's G20 Presidency, also underlined the need for optimal governance in the use of AIs to ensure transparency and accountability under the existing legal and regulatory framework. The meeting of the SAI20, which was attended by SAIs of G20 countries, guest SAIs, invited SAIs, international organisations, engagement groups and other invitees was inaugurated by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu on Monday. "...we, the SAIs of G20, in accordance with our mandates, agreed to cooperate and collaborate in knowledge sharing endeavours involving an exchange of innovative ideas and best practices, thus equipping SAIs to .

World Ocean Day: Volunteers take part in beach clean up drive in Vizag

Enthusiastic volunteers chipped in to clean a city beach on Thursday in response to a call given by the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam (Vizag Zoo) as part of commemorating the World Ocean Day. Volunteers from diverse walks of life, government employees, NGOs, students, citizens and others, cleaned up the Sagar Nagar beach, opposite the zoo's beach road gate starting from 6 AM. "Participants actively engaged in collecting and removing various types of debris, including plastic bottles and other waste material that pose a threat to marine life," said Nandani Salaria, curator, Vizag Zoo in a press note shared today. Salaria emphasised that collective action is crucial in addressing the challenges faced by the oceans, highlighting the vital role played by zoological parks in promoting environmental conservation. As a token of appreciation, all the volunteers were given certificate of participation for their contribution in the coast cleaning activity, which is also aimed

World Oceans Day 2023: Theme, History, Significance, How To Celebrate

The United Nations and various other international organizations observed World Oceans Day annually on June 8

Vizag Zoo calls for volunteers for coastal cleanup on World Ocean Day

Aimed at protecting the sea and marine ecosystems, the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam (Vizag Zoo) has called for volunteers to undertake coastal clean up on World Ocean Day. Scheduled at 6 am on Thursday at the beach road gate of the zoo, the coast cleaning activity is also aimed at raising awareness about oceans and marine ecosystems. "Coastal cleanups are essential to prevent further pollution and protect marine life that inhabits our oceans," said Nandani Salaria, curator of Vizag Zoo in a press note shared on Tuesday. As a token of appreciation, all the volunteers will be conferred with a certificate of participation for their contribution. Extending an invitation to all, Salaria called on the public to make a positive impact on World Ocean Day. Interested volunteers can contact the telephone numbers 9441130894 and 7893632900 for registration.

As rising oceans threaten New York, study says the city is sinking

If rising oceans aren't worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself. New research estimates the city's landmass is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year, something referred to as subsidence. That natural process happens everywhere as ground is compressed, but the study published this month in the journal Earth's Future sought to estimate how the massive weight of the city itself is hurrying things along. More than 1 million buildings are spread across the city's five boroughs. The research team calculated that all those structures add up to about 1.7 trillion tonnes of concrete, metal and glass about the mass of 4,700 Empire State buildings pressing down on the Earth. The rate of compression varies throughout the city. Midtown Manhattan's skyscrapers are largely built on rock, which compresses very little, while some parts of Brooklyn, Queens

DRI seizes 18.1 kg whale vomit worth Rs 31.67 crore in Tamil Nadu

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday said that they have busted a gang that was allegedly smuggling Ambergris, vomit of the whale

Needed: A sustainable blue economy

Conservation and restoration of marine resources and ecosystems is fundamental to development, and we need a sustainable blue economy to make this happen

UN agrees high seas treaty to protect ocean life in international waters

Guterres in a statement stated, "This action is a victory for multilateralism and for global efforts to counter the destructive trends facing ocean ocean health, now and for generations to come"

United Nations ocean treaty talks resume with goal to save biodiversity

United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity. Nearly two-thirds of the ocean lies outside national boundaries on the high seas where fragmented and unevenly enforced rules seek to minimise human impacts. The goal of the U.N. meetings, running through March 3, is to produce a unified agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of those vast marine ecosystems. The talks, formally called the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, resume negotiations suspended last fall without agreement on a final treaty. The ocean is the life support system of our planet, said Boris Worm, a marine biologist at Canada's Dalhousie University. For the longest time, we did not feel we had a large impact on the high seas. But that notion has changed with expansion of deep sea fishing, mining, plastic pollution, climate change, and other hu

All at sea

The impact of warming oceans is a neglected threat

Centre to come out with 'Blue Economy' policy soon for ocean resources

The Centre is likely to come out with a 'Blue Economy' policy, aimed at harnessing ocean resources, in the next couple of months, a senior official said on Friday. The contribution of 'Blue Economy' to the country's GDP currently stands at approximately four per cent and the policy aims to increase it to double digits by 2047, M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, told PTI here. "...how do we harness ocean resources for the country's economic growth? This is the objective of the proposed policy," he said. The government had earlier rolled out the draft blue economy policy in the public domain, inviting suggestions and inputs from various stakeholders. The senior official was speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on 'Recent trends in space sector: New India' organised by the Academy for Science, Technology and Communication, Hyderabad jointly with National Academy of Sciences, India - Hyderabad Chapter. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who was the chief

WRI, GEF to form Secretariat for preservation of 30% land, ocean by 2030

The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People has announced the formation of a new permanent Secretariat to be co-hosted by World Resources Institute and the Global Environment Facility

Nearly 200 nations adopt key biodiversity pact to protect 30% lands, oceans

The pact includes measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems

US-France launch satellite to map the world's oceans, lakes, rivers

A US-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for NASA. Nicknamed SWOT short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography the satellite is needed more than ever as climate change worsens droughts, flooding and coastal erosion, according to scientists. "We're going to be able to see things that we could just not see before ... and really understand where water is at any given time, said Benjamin Hamlington at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. About the size of an SUV, the satellite will measure the height of water on more than 90 per cent of Earth's surface, allowing scientists to track the flow and identify potential high-risk areas. It will also survey millions of lakes as well as 1.3 million miles (2.1 million kilometres) of rivers, from headwater to mouth. The satellite w