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Snapping Shrimp 'Dinner Bell' May Tell Gray Whales When to Eat

February 14, 2018

Do you ever wish you could just snap your fingers and have dinner ready? Well, that dream is kind of a reality for one species of whale. Joe Haxel is quoted. 

Link: Snapping Shrimp 'Dinner Bell' May Tell Gray Whales When to Eat

Submarine volcanoes add to ocean soundscape

December 04, 2017

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. Gabrielle Tepp of the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geological Survey thinks that with improved monitoring, scientists can learn more about these submarine eruptions, which threaten travel and alter the ocean soundscape.

Link: Submarine volcanoes add to ocean soundscape

NOAA on Ocean Sounds

August 08, 2017

NOAA scientists record sound in the deepest part of the world’s ocean and discover a cacophony of sounds both natural and human generated. For three weeks, a titanium-encased hydrophone recorded ambient noise from the ocean floor at a depth of more than 36,000 feet, or 7 miles, in the Challenger Deep trough in the Mariana Trench near Micronesia.

Link: NOAA on Ocean Sounds

All Ears On Deck! A Gallery Of Noises From The Ocean Deep

May 18, 2017

We’re all about sound here at KLCC.  And so is the Ocean Acoustics Program at NOAA’s facility in Newport.  Its program manager, Bob Dziak  and his team of nine researchers, analyze underwater recordings which help gauge the health and activity of the waters.  KLCC’s Brian Bull visited Dziak recently as part of our ongoing 50th Anniversary Road Trip. 

Link: All Ears On Deck! A Gallery Of Noises From The Ocean Deep

Soundscape of the deep ocean

May 10, 2017

The Economist Radio: A new form of bioengineering ditches the cell and could speed up innovation. Five giant tech firms are hoarding most of the world's data. Is it time to break up the oligopoly? Also, an ambient soundscape from the deepest known part of the ocean (STARTS AT 13:10)

Link: Soundscape of the deep ocean

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