The vast depths of the ocean contain a multitude of mysteries. When scientists have gone for a listen, they've captured some ...

The gentle ebb and flow of the water creates a serene atmosphere, perfect for relaxation, meditation, or sleep. Embrace the ...

Just as there’s hardly a mountaintop free from the roar of airplanes overhead, there’s virtually no place in the world’s oceans where human sounds aren’t detectable. The loudest and most disruptive ...

Teeming with life, a healthy coral reef is one of the noisiest places in the ocean. Recorded using underwater microphones, this cacophony can sound to our ears remarkably like frying bacon. Listen for ...

Ocean scientists around the world are studying the "unique moment" of quiet created by the pandemic. The researchers have called their vast listening experiment: The year of the quiet ocean.

In 2024, ocean temperatures reached record highs, worsening extreme weather and threatening ecosystems due to accelerating ...

"This is a cross-species effect as well as a wide-ranging effect, because sound can travel thousands of kilometres underwater." Blue whales are the loudest animals in the ocean, and are found in ...

LFA sonar is a type of long-range surveillance sonar that saturates thousands of cubic miles of ocean with sound. Frequencies commonly used by sonar systems range from around 0.1 to 10 kHz, with ...