Robotic submarines are poised to become a major addition to the fleets of the world's major navies and as the technology ...

Noise Control Engineering, LLC (NCE) recently completed an underwater radiated noise study for Washington State Ferries (WSF), a study which entailed measurement of nine vessels representing all seven ...

Many marine organisms, such as fish, marine mammals and crustaceans, produce and use sound to navigate, reproduce, detect prey and avoid predators. However, anthropogenic sound, for example from the ...

We all acknowledge the environmental impact of Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) from ships, and the challenges it poses for shipping companies and shoreside organizations. While noise is produced by ...

The ocean soundtrack of the popular imagination is a largely silent one, interrupted only by the mournful aria of migrating whales or the acapella vocalizations of dolphin pods. In fact, the ...

BIMCO (the Baltic and International Maritime Council) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) announced October 7 that they have developed a guide that aims to help the shipping industry ...

The Salish Sea—the inland coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia—is home to two unique populations of fish-eating orcas, the northern resident and the southern resident orcas. Human ...

A growing challenge which is emerging beneath the waves and threatens the balance of marine life is the ocean noise pollution. The main reason behind this pollution is the increase in shipping, ...

New research shows turtles can experience temporary hearing loss from an excess of underwater noise. This phenomenon, previously noted in other marine animals such as dolphins and fish, was not widely ...

Bangor University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Oceans are full of sound. Waves, earthquakes and calving icebergs all contribute to the underwater soundscape. But so do human ...

Dolphins are social, intelligent animals who rely on whistles and echolocation to hunt and reproduce. This means that noise generated from human activity such as drilling and shipping has the ...

Adam Crane receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Maud Ferrari receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, ...