A ship crosses the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea as holiday-makers ride a jet ski at al Sokhna beach in Suez, Egypt. AP WASHINGTON — Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the ...

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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oceanographers working to discover the sounds of the deepest-known area of the Earth’s oceans say they’re surprised after hearing a variety of noises in what should be one of the ...

Soundscape ecology is a non-invasive method for monitoring ecosystem diversity and health, but process behind it is still very time-consuming. By Charlotte Hu Updated Dec 9, 2021 3:04 PM EST Get the ...

If you could dive deep beneath the waves and listen closely, the ocean wouldn’t be silent. It would hum, click, whistle, and sing. From the mournful cries of whales to the rhythmic drumming of fish ...

As Ireland's Dara Ó Briain once joked on YouTube, "Science knows it doesn't know everything, otherwise it'd stop." The world is full of mysteries to solve and curious subjects to study, and no part of ...

Our fascinating and magnificent planet is filled with countless different sounds of nature. While many of us experience nature's cacophony of sounds on land and in the sky and hearing them makes us ...

The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...