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In World First, Whales Sing Blues
Scientists have pulled off a daring close encounter with Earth’s biggest animal, the Antarctic blue whale, using world-first acoustic tracking techniques.
An Australian-led international team for the first time homed in on the marine giants from hundreds of kilometres away by listening for their songs.
Then, in a hazardous operation in icy waters, a small boat team sped within metres of...
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December 2012
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Watch
3 hours of vector-design played back in just under 2 minutes. I’ve been needing, for a while now, to create a fully-scalable 52 hz symbol - I finally sat down last weekend to re-create the wave-form in Illustrator; it was the first time I’ve ever made *anything* in Illustrator.
I’m going to take another pass at this - starting from scratch, thanks to advice from Leslie - but still, I had...
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via Science Direct
A unique whale call with 50–52 Hz emphasis from a single source has been tracked over 12 years in the central and eastern North Pacific. These calls, referred to as 52-Hz calls, were monitored and analyzed from acoustic data recorded by hydrophones of the US Navy Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) and other arrays.
The calls were noticed first in 1989, and have been detected...
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via Watching Whales Watching Us
As described in a 2005 report published by the Natural Resources Defense Council, “Sounding the Depths II: The Rising Toll of Sonar, Shipping and Industrial Ocean Noise on Marine Life,” oceans that as recently as 100 years ago had been one vast, ongoing whale and piscine chorus have now essentially become senses-wilting miasmas of human-made noise. At a 2004...
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February 2012
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“I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds the 52 hertz whale song inspiring. Turn...”
– Jack Topus
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via we speak for the earth:
Underwater Noise Disturbs Whales 120 Miles Away
Pulsing sounds made by technology used to monitor fish stocks may affect how baleen whales communicate, even at great distances.
Marine biologists working in Massachusetts waters noticed that humpback whales sang less during the fall of 2006, when a low frequency signal showed up in their recordings. They eventually...
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January 2012
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jacktopusartwalk asked: just like to say how much i love your page! i just recently learned about the 52hertz whale and in search to find the whales voice, it led me here. Your video and it's audio is mindblowing inspiring. better audio from this science site i found which had the song in 10 speed. i feel the need to create something im not sure of what yet. love it, can't wait for the next campaign.
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“Biological sounds with emphasis near 50–52 Hz were recorded over the last...”
– - quoted from W.A. Watkins et al. / Deep-Sea Research, 51 (2004) 1889–1901
Special thanks to my dear friend, Tim, who managed to track down - in just minutes no less - the research paper I’ve been digging after for several months! Since he’s still finishing up his education in Hawaii,...
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October 2011
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FAQ
Hmm, why can’t hear anything? Help!
The loneliest whale’s song, also known as simply 52 hertz, is a low-trembling on more powerful speakers, specifically subwoofers capable of such a subtle bass. As a comparison, 52 hertz is near the lowest note on a tubba. If you’re listening on laptop speakers or apple earbuds, you will most likely hear nothing at all after hitting...
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“I find your project really interesting. Why are there so many versions...”
– - William on Kickstarter
I wanted to answer both these questions publicly since others might be asking the same things, also, I’ll add this to the FAQs post I’ve been neglecting in my saved drafts.
First, the reason for so many loneliest mix campaigns is because, a) it’s easier...
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“Spend ample time creating your Kickstarter. Posting the link is a simple, but...”
– We asked Anais Kane what it takes to run a successful Kickstarter music project, but, frankly, we find this particular piece of advice to be totally universal!
Read more on the blog today. (via kickstarter) 