Fin Whale Sounds Beneath Your Feet

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  • Free to visit

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Event times:

19:00 - 20:00

Event location:

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - Geophysics Section

Event price:

€0.00

About this event

Learn how vibrations from fin whale song can be detected on land and what it means for our understanding of the oceans. Fin whales are the second largest animal on Earth and produce one of the loudest vocalisations in the animal kingdom.

These sounds can be recorded with hydrophones deployed at sea, but it is a very challenging task and only limited information about migration and social structure of fin whale populations is currently available. In some coastal regions human living spaces are ensonified by fin whale song, and that these vibrations can be recorded with relatively low-cost citizen science seismometers. This offers the potential to enhance public engagement with the oceans and presents new opportunities for global monitoring of fin whales.

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