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https://arr.news/2024/03/11/eco-acoustics-understanding-the-forest-through-listening-dbca/

Eco-acoustics – Understanding the forest through listening: DBCA I Australian Rural & Regional News A scientific survey is being carried out in the Perth Hills, near Mundaring. Scientists are seeking to better understand the health of the forest through the simple art of listening. Using the emerging science of eco-acoustics, researchers are monitoring forest soundscapes to better understand and b...

Happy International Women’s Day! We are fierce, we are strong, we are unstoppable.

Thank you to everyone who supported us this year!

Do you struggle with the endless darkness this time of year too? It's sooo hard to get up in the morning, right? Raise your hand if you give the snooze button a workout every morning until the last. possible. moment (I see you and right there with ya). Especially when we're just about at the temperature where you can do the throw-boiling-water-in-the-air-and-it-freezes trick.
Take heart, it's all upward from now on. Hang in there!

All creatures great and small…are revealing a highway on the acreage.

Shazam for birds!

New tool identifies birds in your backyard Haikubox is a first-of-its-kind AI-enabled device that detects and identifies backyard birds with help from a neural net and thousands of bird recordings at Cornell.

Take a mental health break, even if you can’t get out into nature right this moment, give this a try!

Earth.fm lets you listen to nature sounds from all over the world! Browse the map at earth.fm to discover immersive natural soundscapes! “Like Spotify, but for natural soundscapes.” Earth.fm adds new soundscapes every three days so you can access tons of variety. …

https://www.9news.com.au/world/noise-pollution-is-killing-whales-but-this-technology-could-help/5a95d005-d47e-4d0f-bc71-424e406dd983

Why noise pollution is killing whales across the world Technology that uses acoustics to detect the presence of whales in shipping lanes could help to avert colli...

GIS is what ties all of these together. What good is all that data if you don’t organize spatial data visually (mapping) and analyze trends you may not be able to easily see?

Technology—bane, boon, and hope as well Technology plays a pivotal role in intervention and creation of impact while tackling the new-age challenge of conservation of nature.

Let me know if you’re unable to view because of a paywall & I’ll find another way to post. Definitely worth a read!

Patagonia founder gives away company: “Earth is now our only shareholder” — The Washington Post Ownership of Patagonia has been transferred to a trust that was created to protect the company’s values and mission as well as a nonprofit organization.

https://undark.org/2022/07/18/for-creatures-of-the-night-a-growing-threat-in-artificial-light/

The Curse of Light for Creatures of the Night In habitat restoration, the need for darkness is largely overlooked. But for some species, it is necessary for survival.

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/blog/dangers-of-artificial-light.html #.YmZBLh9G2y8.link

Dangers of artificial light at night to birds How is artificial light at night (ALAN) disruptive to wildlife and what can you do to mitigate the impacts to migrating birds?

https://theconversation.com/we-reconstructed-birdsong-soundscapes-from-over-200-000-places-and-theyre-getting-quieter-171325

We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places: and they're getting quieter Research from across Europe and the US shows that as biodiversity declines, the natural world falls more silent.

I challenge you to go outside and listen - just stand still, close your eyes, and listen - become attuned to the sounds around you and note which sounds are geophony (wind, waterfalls, rain), biophony (birds, frogs, insects, other animals), and compare with those made by human-created objects such as machinery or engines (anthropophony). Do this on a regular basis for just a few minutes every day and you'll notice more all the time, along with when your soundscape changes. Drop a note and tell me what you find and how it makes you feel.

Opinion: Climate change won’t just destroy species and land – soundscapes are disappearing too Acoustic ecology has captured the imagination of musicians for decades, and when the habitats they studied are gone, recordings may be all we can ever experience of them

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/09/project-celebrates-beauty-humpback-whale-songs

Project celebrates the beauty of humpback whale songs | Cornell Chronicle “The Whale Listening Project,” which runs Sept. 23-26, is a four-day immersion in the beauty of whale song and a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the best-selling 1970 album, “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” co-produced by Roger Payne, Ph.D. ’61, and Katy Payne ’59.

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/09/elephant-project-recordings-evoke-rainforest

Elephant project recordings evoke the rainforest | Cornell Chronicle Over a million hours of sound recordings are available from the Elephant Listening Project (ELP) in the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology – a rainforest residing in the cloud.

https://www.lodivalleynews.com/uses-bioacoustics-to-conserve-biodiversity-on-oceanic-islands/

Uses bioacoustics to conserve biodiversity on oceanic islands Raul Rio / Ocean Sound Using the bioacoustics tool to conserve marine biodiversity is a...

https://wildlife.org/in-bc-grizzly-groups-and-indigenous-groups-show-striking-overlap/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=This+Week%27s+eWildlifer+%26+TWS+Talks&utm_campaign=

In BC, grizzly groups and Indigenous groups show ‘striking’ overlap - The Wildlife Society Researchers in British Columbia have discovered a remarkable crossover between cultural diversity and biological diversity. The region hosts three distinct genetic groups of grizzlies (Ursus arctos). It’s also home to three distinct Indigenous language families. Mapping the two, researchers found ...

https://www.optionstheedge.com/topic/machines/bioacoustics-technology-amplifies-call-protect-our-bornean-wildlife-and-biodiversity

Bioacoustics technology amplifies the call to protect our Bornean wildlife and biodiversity The team behind SAFE Acoustics predicts ecosystem health at a much faster rate by studying animal sounds.

So sorry to read of the passing of one of my heroes in soundscape ecology, R. Murray Schafer. https://www.cbc.ca/music/r-murray-schafer-composer-writer-and-acoustic-ecologist-has-died-at-88-1.5404868

R. Murray Schafer, composer, writer and acoustic ecologist, has died at 88 | CBC Music His ‘creative spirit knew no bounds,’ says one former colleague.

https://www.vpr.org/vpr-news/2021-08-09/the-beating-heart-of-the-parks-ecosystems-how-bioacoustics-are-teaching-land-managers-about-songbirds-in-woodstock

'The Beating Heart Of The Park's Ecosystems': How Bioacoustics Are Teaching Land Managers About Songbirds In Woodstock As the climate changes, bioacoustics are giving scientists and wildlife managers greater insight about the impacts to Vermont's songbirds.

Do you love owls? Have you ever wanted to be a detective? Learn about the fascinating new field of ecoacoustics and join Hoot Detective, a community science initiative to assist Australian scientists in identifying owl calls from sound tracks:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-08-04/listening-to-the-planet-the-science-of-ecoacoustics/100325924?utm_campaign=news-article-share-2-desktop-0&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Scientists use sounds of nature to capture the heartbeat of our planet From the symphony of nomadic birds on their journey across the continent to the silencing of our forests by bushfires, ecoacoustics could help scientists track environmental change.