Rain falls lightly on the ocean’s surface. Marine mammals chirp and squeal as they swim along. The pounding of surf along a distant shoreline heaves and thumps with metronomic regularity. These are ...

Researchers deploy hydrophones (above) and underwater speakers (below) to study the effects of ocean noise on marine animals. (Photos courtesy of KAUST) Rain falls lightly on the ocean’s surface.

Marine animals are feeling the impact as humans have added to the noise levels in the Earth’s oceans with shipping, fishing and recreation, University of New Hampshire researchers say. “Underwater ...

The soundscapes of the Anthropocene ocean are fundamentally different from those of pre-industrial times, becoming more and more a raucous cacophony as the noise from human activity has grown louder ...

Most volcanoes erupt beneath the ocean, but scientists know little about them compared to what they know about volcanoes that eject their lava on dry land. Most volcanoes erupt beneath the ocean, but ...

We are surrounded by sounds creating a soundscape just as the land and buildings create landscapes. They are distinctive. The sirens and traffic of Manhattan, the silence punctuated by honking geese ...

Across the world’s oceans, hydrophones are picking up intricate patterns of clicks, whistles, and pulses that do not map neatly onto any human language. Researchers are now treating these underwater ...

The world's seas are much louder than they were in pre-industrial times. Noise can reduce an ocean animal's ability to hear environmental cues that are vital for survival. “For many marine species, ...

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A global team of researchers set out to understand how human-made noise affects wildlife, from invertebrates to whales, in the oceans, and found overwhelming evidence that marine fauna, and their ...