Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are partnering with the first utility-scale offshore wind project approved in the U.S., Vineyard Wind, to gather data on underwater sounds and how they ...

Human activity is making the underwater world increasingly noisy. Ph.D. candidate Fien Demuynck researched how wind farms affect fish and how to minimize any negative impact. "We don't want animals to ...

The Government has announced a series of measures to reduce underwater noise levels during offshore wind construction that ...

A 2013 photo shows the country’s first floating wind turbine works off the coast of Castine, Maine. Credit: AP file Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day ...

Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.

On a June afternoon, the scent of coffee and sea air mingled below deck aboard the Go Adventurer, a medium-sized ship tasked with carrying scientists and survey equipment to map a slice of the ...

As you take in a beautiful view of the ocean, do you think of sound? There is a lot of it beneath the waves! Natural sounds are generated by wind, rain, waves, earthquakes as well as whales and ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Offshore wind is one of ...