The ocean soundtrack of the popular imagination is a largely silent one, interrupted only by the mournful aria of migrating whales or the acapella vocalizations of dolphin pods. In fact, the ...

For us land-dwellers, underwater noise rarely reaches our ears. However, marine organisms can be very sensitive to undersea sounds, particularly unnatural noise. Human activity—from explosives to ...

The new documentary Sonic Sea explores how all the machinery we’re putting into the ocean is disrupting the fragile underwater audio ecosystem. One morning, on a beach in the Bahamas, whale researcher ...

Dolphins are social, intelligent animals who rely on whistles and echolocation to hunt and reproduce. This means that noise generated from human activity such as drilling and shipping has the ...

We all acknowledge the environmental impact of Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) from ships, and the challenges it poses for shipping companies and shoreside organizations. While noise is produced by ...

The goby, acting as lookout, ducked for cover more often when four-stroke boats passed overhead. The shrimp, meanwhile, ...

Ocean noise pollution, stemming from shipping, construction, and resource exploration, poses a significant threat to marine life. This underwater cacophony disrupts communication, navigation, and ...

Langoustines benefit coastal habitats by rooting through sea floor sediments and turning up nutrients. When hit with shipping and construction noise, they become less active, and that could harm the ...

BIMCO (the Baltic and International Maritime Council) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) announced October 7 that they have developed a guide that aims to help the shipping industry ...

The ocean soundtrack of the popular imagination is a largely silent one, interrupted only by the mournful aria of migrating whales or the acapella vocalizations of dolphin pods. In fact, the ...