Iceberg and Brittle Rivets Sank Titanic | Video

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 10:31 in Earth & Climate

In an episode of Yale University's 'Science Xplained', Dr Ainissa Ramirez explains how the frigid waters changed the properties of the boat's rivets, leading to disaster on the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

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