A new study highlights how noise pollution in the ocean is changing animals’ behaviour.
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Human activity from ships, snowmobiles, machinery and aircraft is contributing to making Arctic waters louder.
Marine ecologist Isabel Key explains what she’s finding as she listens to the sounds of underwater seagrass meadows. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
There’s so much we still don’t know about whales. Here’s 3 amazing new things we’ve learnt about whales lately: how humpback whales have sex and give birth – and how baleen whales sing underwater.
Australian navy divers have suffered minor injuries from a sonar pulse by a Chinese navy vessel. Here’s what that means and how underwater sound can hurt divers.
Mounting evidence shows seismic surveys can harm a range of marine animals.
Noisy oceans are having a significant impact on marine life.
The ocean is naturally noisy. Here’s what all the buzz is about.
Marine shipping generates about three per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and port activities can add to local pollution. Ports are now taking action to reduce their environmental impacts.
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Whale Scientist and Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
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Senior research fellow, University of Tasmania
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Associate professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Professor & Head of the Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
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Professor, Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration, University of Tasmania
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Director, Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin University
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Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Professor at the Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Bath
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