How Not to Get Lost in the Ocean

October 1, 2021 3:04 PM

The Sound Aquatic. Hakai Magazine's 5-part podcast invites us to explore the ocean and its noisy inhabitants is. Episode 1 Can You Hear Me Now?: Eavesdropping on marine motormouths during the world’s most expensive experiment (aka the sudden drop in shipping and ship noise triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic).
posted by spamandkimchi (3 comments total)

(Yes, there are transcripts, for anyone else who waited to click due to the word podcast. Conveniently linked in the post! Thanks!)

I am just reading through now, so may have more substantive thoughts later.. but for now, “anthropause” is an interesting word, and concept.
posted by nat at 5:32 PM on October 1, 2021 [1 favorite]

This is so interesting! Thanks for posting.
It's heart-breaking to realise how much damage we humans do. Does anyone know wether modern sailing ships would disturb less? I'm very fascinated by the prospect of a return to sailing.
posted by mumimor at 10:10 AM on October 2, 2021 [1 favorite]

two episodes in. hooked. the sounds!
rain sounds even more relaxing underwater (or, you know, recorded by hydrophone, in the water, and then played through the air on my normal speakers) than it is out here on the surface - not that the relaxingness of surface-level rainsound has ever left me wanting more relaxingness from it.
asks more questions than it answers so far; probably not a complaint. i could listen other times than when falling asleep.
thanks.
posted by 20 year lurk at 9:16 PM on October 2, 2021