The ocean is teeming with the chirps, “boings” and grunts of underwater creatures. An international team of scientists are building a Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, dubbed "Glubs," by ...

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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, ...

The urge to explore the cosmos has always been an irrepressible part of humankind's curiosity. But while venturing into space ...

Off San Luis Obispo County’s coast lies an underwater ecosystem that scientists are trying to understand — by listening. The acoustics research, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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 ...

Canadian researchers have found they can determine the levels of acidity in the ocean by listening to sounds found well below the water's surface with the help of an acoustic profiler developed at ...

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 ...

Chill out and silence the sounds of your environment with the sounds of rain, the ocean and more. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac/W.carter/Wikimedia Commons Working in an office or in the city, ...