A Scientific Briefing for the California Legislature
By Kiya Bibby
August 5, 2024
This expert briefing offers high-level science perspectives on ocean noise with a focus on implications for California’s ocean and coastal environment. It will explore the natural ocean soundscape, human sources of ocean noise and their potential environmental impacts, and the value of ongoing acoustic monitoring for understanding of ecosystem change.
Featured experts:
Dr. Simone Baumann-Pickering, Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Lindsey Peavey Reeves, West Coast Region Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Program Coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Dr. John Ryan, Senior Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Dr. Vanessa ZoBell, Machine Listening Lab Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Lindsey Peavey Reeves, West Coast Region Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Program Coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Dr. John Ryan, Senior Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Dr. Vanessa ZoBell, Machine Listening Lab Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Moderator:
Dr. John Hildebrand, Distinguished Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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