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  • William A. Watkins Collection of Marine Mammal Sound Recordings

    The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has gifted marine mammal data and artifacts to the New Bedford Whaling Museum. There are two components to this gift. The William A. Watkins Collection of Marine Mammal Sound Recordings and Data consists of Watkin’s data set, audio…

  • Oceanoise 2015

    Oceanoise 2015

    OCEANOISE2015, a symposium to be hosted (11-15 May) in Vilanova i la Geltrú (around 40km South from Barcelona, Spain) by the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB) of the Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech. The growing scientific and societal concern about the…

  • Underwater Surround: Canon Crackers of the Pistol Shrimp

    Underwater Surround: Canon Crackers of the Pistol Shrimp

    Canon Crackers of the pistol shrimp from Ambient Recording on Vimeo. Is the underwater world a silent world? No, the depths of the sea are as full of exciting sounds and voices as any other habitat rich with species. However,…

  • Sounds from Yosemite’s Frozen Lake

    Sounds from Yosemite’s Frozen Lake

    Composer Cheryl E Leonard, who you may remember from the great interview Nathan had with her here at Sonic Terrain, has published a very interesting post about the sounds she captured at Yosemite’s frozen lake, including some ambiences and also…

  • The Sonic World of Pollardstown Fen

    The Sonic World of Pollardstown Fen

    There’s a new episode of BBC Radio 4’s nature series 5, this time featuring sounds of Pollardstown Fen, Ireland, recorded by Tom Lawerence, truly inspiring sound recordist who sadly died during the last year. Several of these sounds can also…

  • Under the Ice, Sounds of Whales and Seals

    Under the Ice, Sounds of Whales and Seals

    Delightful soundscape under the ice in the Arctic created by the sounds of whales and seals, captured by oceanographer Kate Stanfford using a hydrophone. You can look across a vast expanse of ice, all white and blue and cold, and…