The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...
Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...
How can electromagnetic (EM) sounding be used to study Enceladus’ subsurface ocean? This is what a recent study published in ...
Eerie, fascinating and at times unnerving, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds to have been heard reverberating through the ocean. How baleen whales, which include humpback whales, are ...
A haunting whale song, discovered on decades-old audio equipment, could unlock new insights into how these colossal marine mammals communicate, according to researchers who identify it as the oldest ...
Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at ...
A haunting whale song, discovered on decades-old audio equipment, could unlock new insights into how these colossal marine mammals communicate, according to researchers who identify it as the oldest ...