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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/A_Science_and_COVID.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='COVID Offers Rare Chance for Scientists to Study Quieter Oceans' data-article-id='4796'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11229'>The economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus led to a sharp drop in shipping traffic around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='11229' data-end-time='19896'>This has given scientists a rare chance to observe quieter oceans.</span> <span data-start-time='19896' data-end-time='13458'>One international project has been launched to listen to the sounds of the sea to study how the reduced shipping activity has affected sea life.</span> <span data-start-time='13458' data-end-time='43458'>Many scientists have long dreamed of the chance to observe the sounds of a quiet ocean.</span> <span data-start-time='43458' data-end-time='50458'>One of them is environmental scientist Jesse Ausubel.</span> <span data-start-time='50458' data-end-time='58875'>He leads the Program for the Human Environment at The Rockefeller University in New York.</span> <span data-start-time='58875' data-end-time='68979'>Eleven years ago, Ausubel dreamed aloud about the possibility during a speech to university students.</span> <span data-start-time='68979' data-end-time='82833'>He asked, what if scientists could record the sounds of the ocean in the days before engine-powered ships and boats began traveling the world?</span> <span data-start-time='82833' data-end-time='94688'>In such an environment, researchers could listen to underwater communications between blue whales hundreds of kilometers apart.</span> <span data-start-time='94688' data-end-time='99729'>They could record the sounds of groups of dolphins.</span> <span data-start-time='99729' data-end-time='113958'>Scientists could carry out the observations without human influences, with the goal of understanding the ways industrial activity affects sea life.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/A_Science_and_COVID.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15227 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/what_has_caused_the_drop_in_shipping_traffic_around_the_world.wav'>What has caused the drop in shipping traffic around the world?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/ship_builders_have_been_on_strike.wav'><span>ship builders have been on strike</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/the_high_price_of_fuel.wav'><span>the high price of fuel</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/the_economic_slowdown_caused_by_the_coronavirus.wav'><span>the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/the_lack_of_shipping_containers.wav'><span>the lack of shipping containers</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=15228 data-hint-location='19896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/why_can_scientists_now_listen_to_the_sounds_of_the_sea_more_easily.wav'>Why can scientists now listen to the sounds of the sea more easily?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='There is reduced shipping activity'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/scientists_are_using_hearing_aids.wav'><span>Scientists are using hearing aids</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/there_is_reduced_shipping_activity.wav'><span>There is reduced shipping activity</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/sea_creatures_are_getting_louder.wav'><span>Sea creatures are getting louder</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/there_are_more_oceanographers.wav'><span>There are more oceanographers</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15229 data-hint-location='11229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/this_article_is_about_the_rare_chance_to_observe__blank_.wav'>This article is about the rare chance to observe <span class='blank'>quieter oceans</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='quieter oceans'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/quieter_oceans.wav'><span>quieter oceans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/crop_growth.wav'><span>crop growth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/a_solar_eclipse.wav'><span>a solar eclipse</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4261/animal_testing.wav'><span>animal testing</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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