1. The climate
If you want to know why the Titanic sank, then you are in the right place. And as you might expect when you go out in the ocean with a ship like this, the weather is an essential factor. Obviously, we can’t determine how the climate was in April 1912, but there are many records that helped the researchers discover some things.
According to some newspapers, like the New York Times, it is said that the Atlantic Ocean was icier that year than it used to be in the past during the same period of the year. Also in 2012, a team of researchers from Texas State University-San Marcos and Sky & Telescope magazine concluded that a rare lunar event might be responsible for putting the infamous iceberg in front of the ship.
Apparently, at the time, the Earth was close to the Moon and the Sun—unusually close, we could say—and this rare astronomical event might have put the iceberg in the path of the Titanic. But how did this happen? Well, this event might have caused record tides, and this could have refloated some icebergs that used to be stuck to the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
