Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been eavesdropping on the marine soundscape for decades to study the ecology of marine animals and the threats they face. This ...
This report from WWF details the problems increasingly noisy oceans are creating for whales. Those problems include finding mates, finding food, and potentially driving whales away from prime habitat.
Copyright 순단 강/AdobeStock About the Author: Chris Waddington is Technical Director at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). He is responsible for the ...
Dozens of countries at the UN oceans summit on Tuesday took a first step toward recognizing an invisible but growing threat to marine life—underwater noise pollution. The din created by shipping and ...
MORE THAN 1,000 metres below the surface of the oceans, darkness reigns. For animals living in this perpetual twilight, vision is irrelevant; acoustic signals, instead, are how they navigate, ...
Shipping is one of the main sources of human-made sound in the ocean. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images In the early days of the pandemic, shipping activity around the world plummeted, ...
BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have developed a guide which aims to help the shipping industry understand and reduce underwater radiated noise from ships and help the industry ...