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Professor Steve Simpson monitors the sounds of biodiversity on reefs in the Maldives. In the Maldives, Professor Steve Simpson has devised a system that uses the sounds of the reef to help restore ...

When we open our ears to the marvels of natural soundscapes, we experience the energies of the world in a unique way—and begin to understand the mysteries behind them. But when we habitually ignore ...

By listening to the sounds of the ocean, researchers can determine its alkalinity and monitor changes in acidity of seawater.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Humans are very noisy. The planet rings with the sounds of the machines we use to live our ...

Theories about the sound's origins included an undiscovered sea creature. By 2011, NOAA scientists concluded the sound was the cracking of an ice shelf during an icequake. In the summer of 1997, ...

Biochemist Martin Gruebele regularly dons a pair of headphones in his lab at the University of Illinois. But instead of music, he listens to a cacophony of clinking, jarring noises — as if a group of ...

The ocean holds secrets we're only beginning to understand. Beneath the surface, endangered whales navigate an increasingly ...