In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the final episode, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”
By now, we know the ocean is anything but silent. Fish grunt, whales moan, reefs roar with the deafening sound of snapping shrimp, and even natural sounds like waves and rain can be heard throughout the ocean. But people have taken it to the next (decibel) level, with global shipping, oil and gas rigs and exploration, sonar, and fishing and recreational boats. Can we learn to be good neighbors and turn the noise down? On this final episode of The Sound Aquatic, we try to find out.
Find show notes and a transcript at hakaimagazine.com/the-sound-aquatic.
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Slime, Shorebirds, and a Scientific Mystery
The Future of Castro’s Crocs
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The Mysterious Decline of Iceland’s American Invader
A Fish Called Rockweed
What History Gives, the Sea Steals
Row, Row, Row Your Coat
Training the Polar Bear Patrol
When Mountains Fall into the Sea
The Oil Spill Cleanup Illusion
The Local-Carb Diet
Defenders of the Forgotten Fish
When Whales and Humans Talk
The Mysterious Disappearance of Keith Davis
How Ancient Rome’s 1% Hijacked the Beach
Weapons of War Litter the Ocean Floor
The Long, Knotty, World-Spanning Story of String
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