If you were to ask the whales, dolphins and porpoises that live in and visit the region, they’d probably say humans aren’t the greatest neighbours. We’re dirty, messy, smelly, dangerous and noisy. . .
Humans Are Making Oceans Too Noisy
February 28, 2021
In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, dolphins swim along the side of a boat off the coast of San Pedro, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Human activity is changing the surface and temperature of the planet. But new research shows it is also changing the sound of the Earth’s oceans and seas.
Scientists say the changes in the sounds of our oceans, seas, and other waterways affect many
marine animals from very small shrimp to huge whales.
Sound travels very far underwater,” Francis Juanes told the Associated Press. Juanes is an ecologist at the University of Victoria in Canada. He is also co-writer of the recent research published in the magazine,
Human noise disrupts sea life
Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the planet, but also its sounds – and those shifts are detectable even in the open ocean By Associated Press
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3 Photos FILE - In this Friday, July 26, 2019 file photo, a ship crosses the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea as holiday-makers ride a jet ski at al Sokhna beach in Suez, 127 kilometers (79 miles) east of Cairo, Egypt. Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the planet, but also its sounds - and those shifts are detectable even in the open ocean, according to research published Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Human noise becoming unbearable for fish in the oceans, indicates new research
Changes in the ocean soundscape affect wide swaths of marine life, from tiny snapping shrimp to huge right whales, the researchers found.
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In this Friday, July 26, 2019 file photo, a ship crosses the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea as holiday-makers ride a jet ski at al Sokhna beach in Suez, 127 kilometers east of Cairo. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press
WASHINGTON: Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the planet, but also its sounds – and those shifts are detectable even in the open ocean.