Last week I participated in a North Atlantic Right Whale (NARW) Vessel Strike risk reduction workshop. This issue is really big, because the population of these iconic whales has been falling precipitously in the past few years due to…
One of the dominant American arguments against public transportation hinges on this idea of “Individual Freedom” – freedom to choose how we get around…
As the New Year approaches, it is common to wonder “where did the year go?” But for OCR, oddly, this previous year was thick enough to give us a sense of continuity in transitions, accomplishments, and events.
The term “Infrasound” is a bit of an anthropocentric misnomer; it refers to sound frequencies below human ability to auditorily distinguish. This doesn’t mean that humans can’t perceive infrasound, it’s just that distinct sounds below a certain frequency may be sensed as beats or flutters.
Is AI really up to speaking whale? “Artificial Intelligence” is is the shiny new toy that synthesizes gargantuan amounts of data and spits out the most likely condensation. For it to work, one needs to start with understanding…
…I suspect the oil industry is getting anxious that at some point their stock value may soon hinge on their productivity, and not on their reserve ‘speculations.’
After being shredded by the last administration, the National Environmental Policy Act is being put back together again – sort-of….
(Photo by David Kadlubowski) A number of our recent blogs have been orbiting around bird and whale energy perception, and how energy sources we impose on their habitats may compromise their environmental adaptations. This inquiry has ventured outside of what…
Organisms are built to handle compression – positive pressure. But decompression. or “negative barotrauma,” is another matter.