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Wait, There’s Noise Pollution at the Bottom of the Ocean?

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Mon, 05/10/2021
News Article URL: 
https://daily.jstor.org/noise-pollution-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/
Scientist(s): 
Dr. Robert Dziak

How do you determine the health of a marine ecosystem that exists nearly 11,000 meters under the sea? Apparently, all you have to do is listen. And listening is exactly what National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oceanographer Robert Dziak and a team of researchers did in 2015, when they dropped specialized acoustic equipment into Challenger Deep, an area located in the Pacific Ocean at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Keywords: 
Acoustics
Challenger Deep
mariana trench