Monthly Archives: September 2011

Mitigating offshore wind farm noise

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Michael Stocker

One of the hot topics at the recent International Quiet Ocean Experiment in Paris was the noise impacts of offshore wind farms. It seems that while the American Oilmen are furiously trying to carve up the Arctic for fossil fuel, … Continue reading →

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Crustaceans need ears too!

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michael Stocker

A preponderance of marine bioacoustic work has been focused on marine mammals – whales, dolphins, and pinnipeds. This is in large part due to the “charismatic megafauna” paradigm where big, complicated animals with recognizable expressions attract most human interest. While … Continue reading →

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A little deeper into the International Quiet Ocean Experiment.

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Michael Stocker

  The 2011 Internat ional Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE) brought together leading scientists and researchers [download] to dig deeper into the issue of human generated noise pollution with the objective of determining what we know, what needs to be known, … Continue reading →

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