What Effect is Rising Noise Pollution having on Marine Life?
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When it comes to considering the impact of human-caused pollution on marine life, there could be one major factor that we have been overlooking; the effects of noise pollution.
The soundscapes of the world s oceans today are massively different from how they were prior to the industrial revolution. As human activity grows in the period of modern history that we have dubbed Anthropocene Epoch, its impact has become significant in the world s ecosystems, including a cacophony of noise caused in its oceans.
In a new review paper published in
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