Fifteen years ago I found myself sitting in a dive bar within stumbling distance of my country home – one of those places where you’d find a handful of livers draped across the barstools…
OCR Facelift and Relaunch
The Humble Annelid Worms
On this Thanksgiving, I express my deep gratitude to the annelid worms – who turn out to be much smarter than you might think!
Making the ocean even smarter II
Most underwater communication signals will likely be acoustic, and likely be in the 8kHz – 25kHz range; overlapping human auditory range, and smack-dab in the sweet spot of marine mammal hearing range (as well as some fishes, and likely some marine invertebrates…).
A thick week in DC – September 2022
It was nice seeing the Capitol Building free of banners, beards, and bombs – although January 6 did leave a lot of scars…
Off to ‘polish the marble’ in DC
While the trumpets and banner-waving around the IRA (“Build Back Better Lite”) highlights all sorts of climate actions and infrastructure support for clean energy systems, buried in the bowels of the bill are a few short clauses that entirely destroy the climate effectiveness of the effort…
Windfarm noise above the waterline.
Migrating birds need to sense “infrasonic” energy as a synchronized group, but also collectively for navigation. Windfarms may interfere with this sense.
A Big new source of noise in the sea…
This is one of those “how do you put the toothpaste back into the tube?” situations – at a global scale…
Reflections on Berlin II – Keynotes and themes
One of the intentions of the triennial Aquatic Noise conference is to bring together a broad swath of stakeholders, exposing us all to a common presentation agenda.
Soundscapes and Systems
Listening to, and evaluating soundscapes, is a great way to understand the habitat from which it comes. A biologically healthy soundscape is like a well-tuned orchestra; acoustical niches are inhabited across the entire auditory band of its inhabitants.