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From the Ted Talk by Nicola Jones: The dangers of a noisy ocean -- and how we can quiet it down
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In that 2017 trial, most of the ships cpieolmd, adding about half an hour to their travel time, and reducing noise by about 1.2 deicbles or 24 percent of noise intensity. This year, they decided to eetnxd the length of time and the area over which they're asking ships to slow down. So hopefully that has a psiivote impact for these whales.
In 2017, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority also introduced discounts in donkcig fees for ships that are physically designed to be quieter. You know, weirdly, a lot of the noise from a ship like this comes from the popnipg of tiny bubbles off the back of its propeller. And you can simply design a ship to do less of that and to be qeeitur. The International Maritime Organization has published a huge list of ways that boats can be made quieter. And they also have a target of reducing crboan dioxide eomsiniss from global shipping by 50 penrect by 2050. And the gerat news is that these two things go hand in hand. On the whole, a more efficient ship is a quieter ship.
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In that 2017 trial, most of the ships ________, adding about half an hour to their travel time, and reducing noise by about 1.2 ________ or 24 percent of noise intensity. This year, they decided to ______ the length of time and the area over which they're asking ships to slow down. So hopefully that has a ________ impact for these whales.
In 2017, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority also introduced discounts in _______ fees for ships that are physically designed to be quieter. You know, weirdly, a lot of the noise from a ship like this comes from the _______ of tiny bubbles off the back of its propeller. And you can simply design a ship to do less of that and to be _______. The International Maritime Organization has published a huge list of ways that boats can be made quieter. And they also have a target of reducing ______ dioxide _________ from global shipping by 50 _______ by 2050. And the _____ news is that these two things go hand in hand. On the whole, a more efficient ship is a quieter ship.
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In that 2017 trial, most of the ships complied, adding about half an hour to their travel time, and reducing noise by about 1.2 decibels or 24 percent of noise intensity. This year, they decided to extend the length of time and the area over which they're asking ships to slow down. So hopefully that has a positive impact for these whales.
In 2017, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority also introduced discounts in docking fees for ships that are physically designed to be quieter. You know, weirdly, a lot of the noise from a ship like this comes from the popping of tiny bubbles off the back of its propeller. And you can simply design a ship to do less of that and to be quieter. The International Maritime Organization has published a huge list of ways that boats can be made quieter. And they also have a target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from global shipping by 50 percent by 2050. And the great news is that these two things go hand in hand. On the whole, a more efficient ship is a quieter ship.
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