How scientists are learning more about whales from outer space

Researchers in Western Australia are beginning to use satellite imagery to check on the size of local populations of humpback whales.

 

Whale watching from outer space

Sound and the sea

New technology allows scientists to explore, study, and monitor noise in changing marine environments, and the growing field of marine bioacoustics is providing insight into the ways animals percei…

Source: Sound and the sea

Oceanwire Photo of the week

NOAA’s exploration vessel Okeanos Explorer recently ventured around the Wake Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Researchers spotted and sampled deep sea life, from anemones to corals to seastars. And they came across this cherubic-seeming fish, hanging out ….. To conduct their deep-water research, researchers use telepresence technology to transmit data in real-time […]

via Pic o’ the week – ‘sea toad’ — Oceanwire