The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...
Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...
The urge to explore the cosmos has always been an irrepressible part of humankind's curiosity. But while venturing into space ...
The United Nations declared the 2020s the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development to highlight the need for public engagement, citizenship, and connection to harness positive change for ...
Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at ...
Fifty sensitive seismometers were put on the Atlantic Ocean seabed in a global effort spearheaded headed by UCL researcher Professor Ana Ferreira. She discovered the sounds of explosions from a ...
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