July 04, 2012 News & Features » Features

Ocean of Noise 

The Navy's expanded sonar testing operations add to underwater cacophony for sensitive marine life

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Whale songs traveled from the ocean to the pop charts in 1970, when folk singer Judy Collins recorded an old whaling song, "Farewell to Tarwathie," accompanied by haunting humpback vocalizations. The song, over 150 years old, mourns that no bird "can sing…

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