Year of the quiet ocean

29 May 2021, Author: Amalyah Hart

Last year, as pandemic-related lockdowns enveloped the world, our oceans – just like our cities – fell more silent than they likely have been since the onset of globalisation. Now, scientists hope to study exactly how the resultant quiet has affected marine species usually besieged by the sound pollution from shipping, fishing and other anthropogenic ocean traffic.

Full article: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/year-of-the-quiet-ocean/

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