Sharing Soundscape Awareness & Advocacy

All Blog Posts Tagged 'Acoustic' (6)

Are you a city bird or a country bird?

Neat notes from NPR about the regional dialect of birds in the 'hood. Does it really come as a surprise that anthropogenic noise affects avian communication? The original article is at the bottom of the linked post. http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/11/12/09/changing_your_tune_to_adapt_to_the_urban_jungle

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on December 13, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Requiem for Fossil Fuels

An interesting and artistic collaboration to turn fossil fueled cities into composition. Check it out: http://www.o-a.info/rfff/index.html…

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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on May 16, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Australian Humpback Whales Share a Dynamic Cultural Wave

Interesting notes from 'Down Under' from News Limited: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/humpback-whales-sing-to-woo-a-mate-study-shows/story-e6frg6so-1226039540869

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on April 18, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Bernie Krause's Soundscape Ecology breaks new ground in AIBS 'BioScience'

Proud to announce that the March 2011 issue of BioScience, the American Institute of Biological Sciences peer-reviewed, heavily cited, monthly journal, features 'Soundscape Ecology: The Science of Sound in the Landscape', co-authored by Bernie Krause with colleagues Bryan Pijanowski and… Continue

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 27, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Here it comes folks. Everybody and their iPhone in the field.

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/02/14/why-the-pros-need-citizen-science/The idea of going quietly into the field as a solitary exploration may have met it's match in the compelling new iPhone apps now being developed to encourage 'citizen science'. Of course, ecological monitoring is needed to help protect and preserve natural bio-diversity, and that takes having good and…

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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on February 24, 2011 at 10:38am — No Comments

The Growing Phenomenon of Soundscape Mapping

When Wild Sanctuary was building it's first archives of soundscape samples in 1968, hardly anyone, anywhere, could imagine why someone would want to do such a thing. But what marvelous changes friendly technology and a bit of time can bring to public perceptions! Just look at the amazing list of Soundmaps put together by Music of Sound, New Zeland; our thanks to them for this great post. Check it out:… Continue

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on October 13, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments