Wednesday, 5 June 2013

New maps show how shipping noise spans the globe

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2013



The ocean is naturally filled with the sounds of breaking waves, cracking ice, driving rain, and marine animal calls, but more and more, human activity is adding to the noise. Ships' propellers create low-frequency hums that can travel hundreds of kilometers or more in the deep ocean.

Scientists have now modeled this shipping noise on a global scale. The world-wide maps will be presented f