- Natural Resources Defense Council: Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar
International campaign to regulate active sonar systems that harm marine mammals.
www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/nlfa.asp
- Seaflow
Educational nonprofit organization championing the international movement to protect marine life from active sonar and other lethal ocean noise pollution.
www.seaflow.org
- Shipping Noise and Marine Mammals
Forum for discussing the effects of ship noise and exploring technologies that could mitigate potential impacts upon marine mammals.
www.shippingnoiseandmarinemammals.com
- Toxic Tones?
Collection of articles on dumping loud noises into oceans and its effects on marine life.
scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/9601/OceanNoise/00Intro.html
- About Underwater Noise Pollution (UNP)
Ocean Mammal Institute article exploring the problems of intense anthropogenic noise in marine environment.
www.oceanmammalinst.org/aboutunp.html
- Oceans of Noise
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society science report on various ocean noises and its impact upon the marine mammals and cetaceans.
www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/48A0C8D9C559FA0680256D2B004027D4
- Geotimes: Whales Beach Seismic Research
Oceanographic news report on the controversy of seismic research causing whale beaching.
www.geotimes.org/jan03/NN_whales.html
- Acoustic Ecology Institute: Reports on Ocean Noise
Collection of reports and surveys on the effect of anthropogenic sound on marine life.
www.acousticecology.org/oceanreports.html
- World Wide Whale: Ocean Noise
Discusses the noise dangers affecting the cetaceans like whales and dolphins.
www.worldwidewhale.com/noise.html
- Geotimes: Effects of Ocean Noise on Marine Mammals Still Noisy
News report exploring the mass strandings of whales and its alleged links with military sonar exercises.
www.geotimes.org/mar03/WebExtra030403.html
- CBS News: Noise Pollution Rising at Sea
Report on the increasing effects of ocean noise on marine life.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/19/tech/main689490.shtml
- National Academies Press: Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals (2003)
Project report of Ocean Studies Board on sources and long-term trends in ocean noise, and its effects on marine mammals. Includes modeling and databases of noise in marine environment.
www.nap.edu/openbook/0309085365/html
- SURTASS LFA: Scientific Research
Testing the effects of low frequency sound produced by LFA system upon the behavior of sensitive marine mammals.
www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/Research/index.htm
- MSNBC: Sounds of the Sea Have Scientists Concerned
News article on increasing ship traffic jeopardizing marine life.
msnbc.msn.com/id/7487935
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