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Tag: Noise pollution

A Place for Orcas to Call Home
Conservation

A Place for Orcas to Call Home

Orcas face increasing threats from human related activities and marine noise pollution. Is there somewhere quiet they can call home?
February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ashley Mickens
Hearing Hardships: How sharks hear in a human-dominated world
Sensory Systems

Hearing Hardships: How sharks hear in a human-dominated world

Sharks can smell blood and detect heartbeats from great distances away. But did you know they have good ears too?
January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 Francesca Giammona
Killer Consequences: How boats affect the behavior of endangered killer whales
Behavior Human impacts

Killer Consequences: How boats affect the behavior of endangered killer whales

Killer whales are famous for their intelligence and athletic prowess in (and leaping out of) the water. However, for some…
February 16, 2021February 13, 2021 Francesca Giammona
Ocean Noise Pollution Changes How Fish Grow
Human impacts

Ocean Noise Pollution Changes How Fish Grow

The noise we make pollutes natural soundscapes and can impede how animals communicate, move, and behave. Researchers now have evidence…
September 3, 2020September 2, 2020 Ashley Marranzino
Sounds, Stress, and Stingrays
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Noise

Sounds, Stress, and Stingrays

Have you ever wondered if stingrays can hear noise? Sharks, skates, and rays have multiple sensory organs to help then…
June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Cierra Braga
Lost in the sound: coral planulae habitat selection affected by boat noise
Coral

Lost in the sound: coral planulae habitat selection affected by boat noise

It can be hard to cut through the noises that surround us and focus on the task in front of…
August 3, 2018August 1, 2018 Rebecca Flynn
Conservation Coral Human impacts Noise

Small boats drowning out natural reef noise?

Don’t you hate when noises interfere with your daily activities and conversations? We create lots of noise in the environment…
November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
Biology Coastal Management Evolution Human impacts Modeling

Baleen whales have a bone to pick with noise pollution

CT scans of the skull of a beached whale has helped a pair of researchers figure out how baleen whales…
February 12, 2015February 11, 2015 Irvin Huang

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