Shipping traffic generates low-frequency sound that permeates the underwater soundscape. An underwater microphone (hydrophone) on MBARI’s MARS cabled observatory recorded a decrease in shipping noise in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: Jess Morten © 2016 NOAA Channel Islands National Marine SanctuaryNew research reveals ocean noise from shipping traffic reduced during COVID-19 pandemic
Shipping traffic generates low-frequency sound that permeates the underwater soundscape. An underwater microphone (hydrophone) on MBARI’s MARS cabled observatory recorded a decrease in shipping noise in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: Jess Morten © 2016 NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
June 2, 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic enabled a rare opportunity to measure the relationship between shipping traffic and the marine soundscape.
New research reveals ocean noise from shipping traffic reduced during COVID-19 pandemic
June 2, 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic enabled a rare opportunity to measure the relationship between shipping traffic and the marine soundscape.
Seeing Sur Ridge: New animation transforms deep-sea mapping data to reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis
March 1, 2021 – MBARI researchers and visual effects artists team up to transform deep-sea mapping data and reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis just off the coast of Point Sur.
Taking the lab into the ocean: A coordinated fleet of robots successfully tracks and monitors microbial communities
January 13, 2021 – Researchers recently enabled a trio of self-driving robots to locate, follow, and sample a layer of microbes as they drifted in an open-ocean eddy.
