Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent studies have shed light on an often overlooked consequence of global warming: the dramatic increase in ocean noise. New ...

Ocean noise pollution can extend beyond individual animals to impact entire ecosystems. Here are the facts and how you can help. As a journalist, Gabriella Sotelo covers the environment, climate ...

Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...

Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at ...

For the world’s smallest sea turtles, life in the ocean is getting pretty noisy. These relatively little turtles (on average they’re still 75 to 100 pounds) mostly found in the Gulf of Mexico already ...

new study from Simon Fraser University researchers examines the Canadian military’s efforts to reduce the impacts of underwater noise pollution on species during training exercises in the Pacific ...

Drawing on a decade’s worth of underwater sound data from Cambridge Bay in the Canadian Arctic, the researchers found that as climate change drives faster ice loss, the region’s underwater soundscape ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Results show that the 10th annual season of the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program (BWBS) in 2024 reduced the risk of deadly ship strikes to whales by 50%, ...

The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...