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Small red jelly hovers above the deep seafloor
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Earthquakes Reveal How Quickly the Ocean Is Warming

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 October 202016 March 2022

By timing sound waves set in motion by earthquakes, scientists have estimated that the Indian Ocean is warming by roughly 0.044 K per decade.

Profile of a shrimp against a black background
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Camarones Chasqueadores Hacen Más Ruido en Aguas Cálidas

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 9 September 202022 October 2021

Conforme el océano se calienta debido al cambio climático, ruidos más fuertes podrían enmascarar los llamados de otros animales marinos usados para navegar, buscar alimento o pareja.

Antarctic krill
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Emerging Technologies Help Scientists Tune In to Krill

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 19 August 202022 October 2021

Acoustic tools identify the population of “the most important fishery in the Southern Ocean.”

A view of Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano
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Podcast: Instruments of Unusual Size

by Lauren Lipuma 15 June 20206 March 2026

Rumbling volcanoes act like giant musical instruments that researchers can study to better monitor eruptions.

Close-up of one African elephant in a herd in South Africa
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Monitoring African Elephants with Raspberry Shake & Boom

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 28 May 20205 April 2023

A team of researchers has used low-cost devices to record footsteps and vocalizations from African elephants in the field.

Aerial view of an enormous tidewater glacier, Bowdoin Glacier, in Greenland
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Tuning in to a Glacial Symphony

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 17 April 20209 August 2022

New research focuses on the bubbling and bathtub-like sounds of a glacier.

Profile of a shrimp against a black background
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Snapping Shrimp Pump Up the Volume in Warmer Water

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 March 202025 March 2024

As the ocean warms because of climate change, the louder din could mask other marine animals’ calls used to navigate, forage, and find mates.

The biaxial earthquake machine at Pennsylvania State University.
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Machine Fault

by S. E. Pratt 25 November 20192 March 2022

Applying machine learning to subtle acoustic signals from an earthquake machine has revealed big clues about fault behavior in the lab.

Close-up of a mussel shell near the waterline on a sandy beach
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Shells Sound Out Sand’s Acoustic Signatures

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 11 November 20193 November 2021

Shell remains give sand from different locations unique acoustic signatures.

Graph showing temperatures in four different depth layers over time
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CAT Pictures of Internal Solitary Waves in Indonesian Strait

by J. Sprintall 7 October 201927 January 2023

Huge and rapid subsurface temperature changes associated with propagating internal solitary waves were observed from a moored coastal acoustic tomography (CAT) system in Lombok Strait in Indonesia.

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