The Singing Planet: Why Listen to the Ocean? Distinguished Speaker Biology Seminar
When: Monday,
March 5, 2018
11:30 AM
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12:30 PM
Where: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
Description: Join us for a unique, informative, interesting and FUN presentation!
Dr. Chris Clark will be visiting UMass Dartmouth for a student-organized event. He will be presenting a seminar at noon, with some pre-seminar mingling (including coffee and snacks) at 11:30! This event is open to the public!
The Singing Planet: Why Listen to the Ocean?
Almost all marine animals, whales, dolphins, seals, tiny shrimp, use sound for all the essential activities of life and depend on a naturally quiet ocean for survival. Human activities, especially noise from commercial shipping and explosions from offshore energy exploration inject massive amounts of noise into the ocean, and scientific observations indicate that the noises we generate to support our way of life are imposing a biological cost on ocean life. Dr. Clark's presentation will show the immense scales over which this singing planet's ocean life can be observed and why it's critical that we listen.
Dr. Christopher W. Clark, an engineer and biologist, was the founding Director and Imogene Johnson Senior Scientist for the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/) and research professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University. When asked what he does, his answer is simple: I listen to this singing planet! Dr. Clark helped develop and apply advanced acoustic technology to record and analyze the sounds of wildlife around the globe. His work advances the understanding of animal communication and the health of wildlife populations. He has listened to and studied whales for over forty years, with a focus on endangered North Atlantic right whales. He has a long history of successfully working at the interface between science, applied engineering, industry, and regulations all with the specific objective of using science to understand the potential impacts of human activities on marine mammals and to inspire and enable the scientific conservation of marine wildlife and habitats. Most recently Chris has devoted considerable effort to scientific advocacy through documentary films and outreach.
Dr. Chris Clark will be visiting UMass Dartmouth for a student-organized event. He will be presenting a seminar at noon, with some pre-seminar mingling (including coffee and snacks) at 11:30! This event is open to the public!
The Singing Planet: Why Listen to the Ocean?
Almost all marine animals, whales, dolphins, seals, tiny shrimp, use sound for all the essential activities of life and depend on a naturally quiet ocean for survival. Human activities, especially noise from commercial shipping and explosions from offshore energy exploration inject massive amounts of noise into the ocean, and scientific observations indicate that the noises we generate to support our way of life are imposing a biological cost on ocean life. Dr. Clark's presentation will show the immense scales over which this singing planet's ocean life can be observed and why it's critical that we listen.
Dr. Christopher W. Clark, an engineer and biologist, was the founding Director and Imogene Johnson Senior Scientist for the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/) and research professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University. When asked what he does, his answer is simple: I listen to this singing planet! Dr. Clark helped develop and apply advanced acoustic technology to record and analyze the sounds of wildlife around the globe. His work advances the understanding of animal communication and the health of wildlife populations. He has listened to and studied whales for over forty years, with a focus on endangered North Atlantic right whales. He has a long history of successfully working at the interface between science, applied engineering, industry, and regulations all with the specific objective of using science to understand the potential impacts of human activities on marine mammals and to inspire and enable the scientific conservation of marine wildlife and habitats. Most recently Chris has devoted considerable effort to scientific advocacy through documentary films and outreach.
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