Monthly Archives: August 2011

The International Quiet Ocean Experiment

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Michael Stocker

By the time you might be reading this I will have been conferring with colleagues and associates at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris under the rubric of the “International Quiet Ocean Experiment” (IQOE). The purpose of the meeting is to … Continue reading →

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The Noisy Cost of Power

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Michael Stocker

It has been thoroughly established that harvesting power from fossil fuel is extremely expensive. Global warming and oil spills notwithstanding, from an ocean noise perspective the hydrocarbon industry is responsible for the lions share of marine noise pollution. Most of … Continue reading →

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Acoustic Communication by Animals

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Michael Stocker

Chorusing is usually defined as “acoustic signaling produced collectively by a group of individuals whose activity is clustered in both space and time. It would be nice to expand the definition to cover the possible purpose of chorusing behavior for animals. Continue reading →

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