PORT TOWNSEND — A principal electrical engineer of the University of Washington’s applied physics lab will give a lecture intended to conjure awareness of the reality of underwater sound this weekend.

From our experience as moviegoers and sound designers, the ambiences, which create the cinematic world the characters live in, are often ignored. In audio post production, it is almost a truism that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's not the sound of a massive underwater earthquake, nor is it the sound of a pistol shrimp ...

Scientists have long sought to explain how fish can sense the direction of sound, given the challenges that hearing underwater poses. An experimental study testing a variety of models now provides ...

Many people think of the ocean as a quiet and serene place: Take a dip underwater and the cacophony of the world melts away. But the ocean is quite noisy, full of whale songs and echolocation, which ...

The study of underwater sound propagation modelling is crucial for advancing the understanding of acoustic behaviour in complex marine environments. Researchers use an array of numerical ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...