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Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.
Chris Kehrer, science program manager at Port Royal Sound Foundation in South Carolina, recently answered a question I have wondered about since childhood. Why does the Atlantic croaker, a marine fish ...
Our fascinating and magnificent planet is filled with countless different sounds of nature. While many of us experience nature's cacophony of sounds on land and in the sky and hearing them makes us ...
As you take in a beautiful view of the ocean, do you think of sound? There is a lot of it beneath the waves! Natural sounds are generated by wind, rain, waves, earthquakes as well as whales and ...
2023 was the hottest year recorded on planet Earth – and that includes the world’s oceans, where records fell like dominos. Last week, around 5000 scientists gathered in New Orleans for the American ...
Sounds of the Ocean is an award-winning immersive mindful experience to connect with the ocean and yourself. An official UN Ocean Decade Activity. This film is an invitation to forge a deep connection ...
Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost way to monitor changes in the world’s murky marine environments. Reporting their ...
There are numerous ways scientists measure the impacts of climate change. Sometimes it’s by what they see, or maybe even by what they smell. In a recent case, it’s by what they hear. Whale calls. That ...
In 1997, ocean researchers recorded a massive underwater sound so loud it was picked up by sensors over 3,200 km apart. They named it the Bloop — and nobody could explain it. It was louder than whales ...
PORT TOWNSEND — A principal electrical engineer of the University of Washington’s applied physics lab will give a lecture intended to conjure awareness of the reality of underwater sound this weekend.