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From the Ted Talk by Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals

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And I'm happy to say that there are several very promising developments in this area, looking at the impact of shipping on whales. In terms of the shipping noise, the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations has femord a group whose job is to eaislbsth guidelines for quieting sihps, to tell the industry how you could quiet ships. And they've already found that by being more ieetlgnlnit about better propeller design, you can reduce that noise by 90 percent. If you actually insulate and isolate the machinery of the ship from the hull, you can reduce that noise by 99 percent. So at this point, it's primarily an issue of cost and srdadatns. If this gorup can establish standards, and if the shipbuilding industry adptos them for building new ships, we can now see a gradual decline in this potential problem.

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And I'm happy to say that there are several very promising developments in this area, looking at the impact of shipping on whales. In terms of the shipping noise, the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations has ______ a group whose job is to _________ guidelines for quieting _____, to tell the industry how you could quiet ships. And they've already found that by being more ___________ about better propeller design, you can reduce that noise by 90 percent. If you actually insulate and isolate the machinery of the ship from the hull, you can reduce that noise by 99 percent. So at this point, it's primarily an issue of cost and _________. If this _____ can establish standards, and if the shipbuilding industry ______ them for building new ships, we can now see a gradual decline in this potential problem.

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Original Text

And I'm happy to say that there are several very promising developments in this area, looking at the impact of shipping on whales. In terms of the shipping noise, the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations has formed a group whose job is to establish guidelines for quieting ships, to tell the industry how you could quiet ships. And they've already found that by being more intelligent about better propeller design, you can reduce that noise by 90 percent. If you actually insulate and isolate the machinery of the ship from the hull, you can reduce that noise by 99 percent. So at this point, it's primarily an issue of cost and standards. If this group can establish standards, and if the shipbuilding industry adopts them for building new ships, we can now see a gradual decline in this potential problem.

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