The Frog Barn: Engineering for Wildlife ConservationWe live in a world in which technology is prolific and extraordinary — from artificial intelligence, to space exploration, to the sheer ubiquity of contemporary smartphones. And yet despite this technological revolution, we are witnessing a changing climate, collapsing ecosystems,…
- The First Voyage of the HALO Project
There is nothing quite like the excitement of starting a fresh project, and the newly organized Holistic Assessment of Living marine resources off the Oregon coast (HALO) project team was alive with it on 8 October as we prepared our various elements of research gear aboard the R/V Pacific Storm in the Newport bayfront.
- The Effects of an Unexpected Pause for Marine Soundscapes in Alaska
In yet another casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, Earth Day parades and Science Marches were cancelled this year as people globally were instructed to stay home. In this monumental moment, humans are experiencing an unprecedented change in how they interact…
- Tale of Two Species
I’m visiting the Cornell Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) to learn more about all things acoustics that applies to marine mammal research. Before diving too deep, let me first start by telling you about the kind of work I do back…
- Taking flight in Raven
“We were late because we saw a cardinal.” It may seem odd to some but this was more than an adequate reason for rolling in late to the Raven Sound Analysis Workshop I attended in Ithaca two weeks ago. Then…
