Dear colleagues,
We hereby would like to draw your attention to the session ‘The acoustic
environment of the polar oceans: exploring polar soundscapes’ at the
upcoming POLAR 2018, A SCAR & IASC Conference in Davos, Switzerland from
19-23 June, 2018. See http://www.polar2018.org/
Deadline for abstract submission is *1 November 2017, 6pm CET.* See
http://www.polar2018.org/abstracts.htmlfor further information on the
call for abstracts.
The goal of POLAR2018 is to bring together excellent research from both
poles, as well as from high altitude areas, focusing on the similar
challenges those regions face. The program features 65 sessions,
structured into 12 categories spanning topics from oceans and sea ice,
cryosphere, atmosphere and climate, geology and geophysics to biology,
ecology and more.
Please consider submitting an abstract for the Polar Soundscape session
outlined below.
We hope to see you in Davos!
Best Regards,
Ilse Van Opzeeland (Alfred-Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany)
Karolin Thomisch (Alfred-Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany)
Sebastian Menze (Institute for Marine Research, Bergen, Norway)
Denise Risch (Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, Oban, Scotland, UK)
*Session Number OS-1 *
*Session Title*
The acoustic environment of the polar oceans: exploring polar soundscapes
*Session Description*
The underwater acoustic environment is created by the superposition of
sounds from a multitude of sources of natural biotic and abiotic as well
as anthropogenic origin. For aquatic life, marine mammals in particular,
their perceived soundscape directly impacts their ability to hunt,
communicate and possibly navigate these waters. However, for much of the
world oceans, and for polar seas in particular, little is known about
the diversity of contributions and the dial and seasonal patterns as
well as long-term trends of the acoustic environment. This lack of
knowledge hampers our ability to predict how anthropogenic change will
impact on populations to which these waters form an essential habitat.
The impact of anthropogenic activities on the acoustic environment may
be direct, by adding noise, or indirect through global climate change,
affecting acoustic propagation conditions and habitat usage. To outline
the range of polar acoustic environments and the nature of their main
contributories, thissession aims at bringing together studies addressing
these issues through in-situ recordings, methodological advances and
numerical modeling.
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Dr I.C. Van Opzeeland
Ocean Acoustics Lab
Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar
and Marine Research
Am Alten Hafen 26
27568 Bremerhaven
(+49)(0)471 4831 1169
ilse.van.opzeel...@awi.de
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Dr I.C. Van Opzeeland
Ocean Acoustics Lab
Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar
and Marine Research
Am Alten Hafen 26
27568 Bremerhaven
(+49)(0)471 4831 1169
ilse.van.opzeel...@awi.de
