April 7, 2009 at 5:00 am by Mike Sowden
Bad Vibrations: How We're Deafening the Deep
There are few sounds in the natural world that are as soothing as the restless sea – so it’s a shame we’re drowning it out.
In yet another assault on the biophony, human beings are flooding the depths of the oceans with noise pollution, turning the formerly Silent World into a busy-sounding place. All humanity’s sea-going machinery send out vibrations – some of them very substantial indeed – and for marine creatures that have evolved to pick up the faintest of noises and communicate with …
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