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Long-term corrosion of steels in deep, cold, low oxygen sea waters

“…Sea water temperature at the Titanic wreck site has been reported in the range 1-2°C at the time the explorations were carried out [1] but considering that sea water has the greatest density at 4°C this is likely to be the average sea water temperature [13]. As noted above, the concentration of the critical nutrient DIN at the wreck site is likely to be negligible or very low [14,17].…”

“…The mechanisms involved in the long-term corrosion of steels under low sea water temperatures ( T ) in deep ocean waters and at low concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO) have been of interest since the first underwater observations of the passenger ship Titanic [1]. It sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.…”

“…They have been described as displaying complex, apparently organic, structures, considered by Cullimore and Johnston [2] to be consistent with a ‘more complex form of life’. They were termed ‘rusticles’ [1,p.118]. The red-brown corrosion products comprising the rusticles have been identified as ferrous and ferric oxides and hydroxides [1,p.208].…”

“…They were termed ‘rusticles’ [1,p.118]. The red-brown corrosion products comprising the rusticles have been identified as ferrous and ferric oxides and hydroxides [1,p.208].…”

The amorality of rent gaps: A response to Elvin Wyly

“…If there's a reason our current predicament feels and sounds like a sci-fi novel, it isn’t some embarrassing quirk of style: it simply reflects the fact that good sci-fi writers thought about the future. Just as we see the relevance in the words of old bearded philosophers, we shouldn’t be surprised if the melting permafrost of The Drowned World (Ballard, 1962), or the nuclear wastelands of Prisoners of Power (Strugatsky and Strugatsky, 1977) feel somehow to belong to the 60 s, the 70 s, today and tomorrow. I’ll leave the last line to Joanna Russ, whose feminist classic The Female Man came out four years before Neil Smith's eponymous back to the city paper, and features four protagonists who visit each other from separate dimensions in space and time ….…”