Smokey Seas
Pollution from ships
Listen to the podcast presentation and do the activities that hereby follow.
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Part I
1. Listen and use the symbol "x" to choose the correct response.
The presentation is about …
a) a sea pollution news "______"
b) a health risk study "______"
c) an update to inform coastal people "______"
d) all of the above "______ "
The “smokey sea” was about …
a) car emissions happening on coastal cities "______"
b) ongoing vessels discharges and health risks "______"
c) science concerns in regards to sea pollution "______"
d) new project developments "______"
Part II
2. Listen and complete the presentation.
A __________ from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that cargo, __________ and cruise ships __________ about two million pounds of sooty particulate pollution each year. That’s about half of what all the nation’s cars produce, and it’s all concentrated within _____ miles of shore.
The study __________ that the __________ are a significant health concern for residents of coastal cities—especially in cities that also have _____ levels of car, truck and power plant pollution.
In other environmental news, a new European Union project aims to __________ new technologies for tapping heat from deep in the earth. They recently __________ reservoirs in a region of Italy capable of producing more energy than a thousand wind turbines. I’m Bob Hirshon for AAAS, the Science Society.
