Ship noise hampers crab camouflage
Colour-changing crabs struggle to camouflage themselves when exposed to noise from ships, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2020
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News tagged with natural sounds
Microplastics found in oysters, clams on Oregon coast, study finds
Tiny threads of plastics are showing up in Pacific oysters and razor clams along the Oregon coast—and the yoga pants, fleece jackets, and sweat-wicking clothing that Pacific Northwesterners love to wear are a source of ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2019
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Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
In recent years, computers have gotten remarkably good at recognizing speech and images: Think of the dictation software on most cellphones, or the algorithms that automatically identify people in photos posted to Facebook.
Computer Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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Weighing gas with sound and microwaves
NIST scientists have developed a novel method to rapidly and accurately calibrate gas flow meters, such as those used to measure natural gas flowing in pipelines, by applying a fundamental physical principle: When a sound ...
Engineering
Jan 26, 2015
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World's largest natural sound archive now online
(Phys.org)—After 12 years of work, Cornell's Macaulay Library archive, the largest collection of wildlife sounds in the world, is now digitized and fully available online.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2013
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Solar-powered balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere
Imagine if sending your science experiment 70,000 ft in the air just took painter's plastic, tape, a dash of charcoal dust, and plenty of sunlight.
Planetary Sciences
May 11, 2023
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Listening to the largest tree on Earth
Spread across 106 acres in southcentral Utah, the Pando aspen grove resembles a forest but is actually a single organism with more than 47,000 genetically identical aspen stems connected at the root. Pando is the world's ...
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2023
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Real-time monitoring may improve understanding of fracture dynamics
Fractures in Earth's subsurface play an important role in our energy systems—from providing pathways to extract fossil fuel from rock deep underground to supporting emerging green technologies like carbon storage and enhanced ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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Sounds of nature benefit mental health and promote environmental protection
The sounds of nature could help us recover from mental fatigue, but this power may be under threat as ecosystems deteriorate and people disconnect from the natural world, according to new research published in the journal ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2022
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We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places, and they're getting quieter
Imagine going to hear your favorite orchestral piece played in a world-class venue—and only the woodwind and brass sections turning up. Whether we're aware of it or not, this sparse soundscape is similar to what we're often ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2021
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