Tools
Training Opportunities
BioAcoustic Summer School (SeaBASS)
Websites and Projects
Aquatic Acoustic Archive: This Web site includes a searchable database for publications on sound in the ocean, metadata for underwater acoustic data, and links to software and hardware tools. The development of this site was partially funded by IQOE.
Baltic Sea Information on the Acoustic Soundscape (BIAS)
Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS): This site is an excellent resource for the public about sound in the ocean and how marine animals use and are affected by sound in the ocean.
ISO Technical Committee 43/Subcommittee 3 on Underwater Acoustics: The group is working on behalf of the International Standards Organization to develop international standards related to sound from ships and pile driving, and on acoustic terminology.
Joint Industry Program E&P Sound & Marine Life Programme
Listening to the Deep Ocean Environment (LIDO)
NOAA Cetacean and Sound Mapping Project: This site documents the work of a project of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to evaluate the impacts of human-generated noise on cetaceans. Two subgroups–one to map ocean soundscapes and the other to map the density and distribution of cetaceans–were set up to conduct the project.
NOAA Ocean Noise Reference Station Network
U.S. Office of Naval Research Marine Mammals and Biology Program
Reports and Articles
Listen to a toadfish’s grunt! AI helps decode a ‘symphony’ of ocean sounds. (2023)
Tutorial on Ocean Sound for UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021)
World Ocean Assessment II Chapter on Ocean Sound (2021)
Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Passive Acoustics Data (2017)
Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap (2016)
Good Practice Guide No. 133 Underwater Noise Measurement, UK National Physical Laboratory (2014)
Potential Application of Vessel-Quieting Technology on Large Commercial Vessels (2007)
Audio and Video
How human noise affects ocean habitats (audio and video) – TED Talk by Kate Stafford, filmed Nov. 2016
Sounds of the Sea (audio) – Air Date: Week of March 28, 2014
The Voice of the Natural World (audio and video) – TED Talk by Bernie Krause, Filmed June 2013
The Noisy Ocean and Its Consequences (audio) – Air Date: Week of August 19, 2011
The Intriguing Sound of Marine Mammals (audio and video) – TED Talk by Peter Tyack, filmed April 2010
Meetings
2026
- International Conference on Underwater Acoustics – 15-18 June 2026 – Glasgow
2025
- Underwater Acoustics Conference and Exhibition – 15-20 June – Ηalkidiki, Greece.
- Aquatic Noise – 29 June – 4 July 2025 – Prague, Czech Republic
2024
- Arctic Observing Summit 2024 – 27-29 March 2024 – Edinburgh, Scotland
- International Conference on Underwater Acoustics – 17-20 June 2024 – Bath, UK
- Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals (ESOMM-2024) – 8-13 September 2024 – The Hague, The Netherlands
2023
- Underwater Acoustics International Conference and Exhibition (UACE2023) – 25-30 June 2023 – Kalamata, Greece
2022
- 7th Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals (ESOMM-2021) – 15-18 March 2022 – Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
2021
- EMSO Time Series Conference: Observing Ocean Sound – 20-22 October 2021 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain (or virtual, in necessary)
- International Conference on Underwater Acoustics 2021 – 5-6 July 2021 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – virtual
2020
- Ocean Noise 2020 – 25-29 May 2020 – Barcelona, Spain
- Arctic Observing Summit – 31 March – 2 April 2020 – Akureyri, Iceland
2019
- World Marine Mammal Science Conference – 9-12 December 2019 – Barcelona, Spain
- OceanObs’19 – 16-20 September 2019 – Honolulu, Hawaii
- 23rd International Congress on Acoustics – 9-13 September 2019 – Aachen, Germany
- Underwater Sound Forum Bioacoustics Conference – 13-14 August 2019 – Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
- The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life – 7-12 July 2019 – Den Haag, The Netherlands
2018
- 6th international meeting on the Effects of Sound in the Ocean on Marine Mammals (ESOMM) – 9-14 September 2018 – The Hague, The Netherlands
- Ecoacoustics Congress 2018 – 24-28 June 2018 – Brisbane, Australia
- The 8th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation – 4-8 June 2018 – Paris, France
- IQOE Forum on Approaches for Studying Effects of Sound on Marine Organisms and Ecosystems – 6 May 2018 – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2017
- Oceans’17 MTS/IEEE – 18-21 September 2017 – Anchorage, Alaska
- Underwater Acoustics (UACE2017) – 3-8 September 2017 – Koukounariés, Skiathos island, Greece.
- Inter-Noise 2017 – 27-30 August 2017 – Hong Kong, China
- CTBT: Science and Technology 2017 – 26-30 June 2017 – Vienna, Austria
- Acoustics ’17 – 25-29 June 2017 – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Oceans’17 MTS/IEEE – 19-22 June 2017 – Aberdeen, Scotland
- OceanNoise 2017 – 8-12 May 2017 – Barcelona, Spain
2016
- Acoustic and Environmental Variability, Fluctuations and Coherence – 12-13 December 2016 – Cambridge, UK
- Time series analysis in environmental science and applications to climate change – 8-11 November 2016, Tromsø, Norway
- 4th International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life – 10-16 July 2016 – Dublin, Ireland
2015
- Sea Mammals and Sonar – 27-28 October 2015 – St. Andrews, Scotland