During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the ...

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 ...

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 ...

OCEAN CITY - It was so quiet that you could hear the proverbial pin drop. Librarians would have loved it. Blissful silence - the sweet sounds of nothing. Even snores were barely audible. Welcome to ...

We’ve all done it: held a seashell up to our ear and waited for the sound of the sea. It’s one of those strange little wonders that sticks with you from childhood, but what’s actually going on inside ...