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Student Corner These invisible soot particles of engine exhaust- drift out of

the sky onto the polar ice and snow. This happens even when
the ship sails a thousand kilometres away. This soot then
accumulates on snow, becomes warm, and then melts. If this
goes unchecked, then this melting of carbon snow may have
potential harm not solely to polar regions but to the climatic
condition around the world. To reduce the Black Carbon,
either we need to replace the heavy Fuel oil with alternatives
or to improve the overall efficiency.
In 2018 International Maritime Organization (IMO), the
establishment of International Shipping determined to form a
resolution for the reduction of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) that
ought to cut back emissions by at least 70% by 2050. It has
created a series of baselines for the quantity of fuel every
category of ship burns for a certain cargo capacity. Ships that The home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian
are inbuilt in the future will have to t in the eligibility, which since 1884, Greenwich has long been a centre for
will progressively be resilient over time. astronomical study, while navigators across the world have
An alternative for Fuel could be hydrogen, LNG or hybrid set their clocks according to its time of day. The Museum has
power, etc. New analyses and development have been the most important holdings in the world on the history of
enhanced to improve efficiency. Technologies have been Britain at sea comprising more than two million items,
compelled to reduce the carbon content in fuels or make it including maritime art (both British and 17th-century Dutch),
zero. Further additional conferences have been conjured by cartography, manuscripts including official public records,
IMO in 2023 to discuss the Mid-term measures to reduce the ship models and plans, scienti c and navigational
carbon intensity of eets by at least 40%. instruments, instruments for time-keeping and astronomy
(based at the Observatory).
The necessity to make choices that has less in uence on the
atmosphere on a much larger scale creates a far larger Its holdings include paintings relating to Vice-Admiral Horatio
challenge. Ultimately the only way to reduce emissions from Nelson and Captain James Cook. The collection of the
ships without constraining demand is to substantially reduce National Maritime Museum also includes items taken from the
the volume of GHG emitted per unit of transport supply German Naval Academy Mürwik after World War II, including
several ship models, paintings, and ags. The museum has
been criticized for possessing what has been described as
"looted art". The museum regards these cultural objects as
Cdt Nikita Nimbalkar "war trophies", removed under the provisions of the Potsdam
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Conference.
In late August 2018, several groups were vying for the right to
purchase the 5,500 RMS Titanic relics that were an asset of the
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM bankrupt Premier Exhibitions. Eventually, the National
Maritime Museum, Titanic Belfast, and Titanic Foundation
- Cdt Harshit Gupta Limited, as well as National Museums Northern Ireland, joined
together as a consortium that was raising money to purchase
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum the 5,500 artefacts. The group intended to keep all of the items
in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, together as a single exhibit.
a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World
Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in
the United Kingdom, it has no general admission charge;
there are admission charges for most side-gallery temporary
exhibitions, usually supplemented by many loaned works
from other museums.
The museum was created by the National Maritime Museum
Act 1934 under a Board of Trustees, appointed by HM Treasury.
It is based on the generous donations of Sir James Caird
(1864–1954). King George VI formally opened the museum on
27 April 1937 when his daughter Princess Elizabeth
accompanied him on the journey along the Thames from
London. The rst Director was Sir Geoffrey Calendar.
Since the earliest times, Greenwich has had associations with
the sea and navigation. It was a landing place for the Romans,
Henry VIII lived here, the Navy has roots on the waterfront, and
Charles II founded the Royal Observatory in 1675 for " nding
the longitude of places"
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