Yosemite National Park have produced a short episode of their “Yosemite Sound Notes” about Soundscapes and the value of the sound of the natural environment (biophony and geophony). It even includes some Bernie Krause discussing the health side effects of sound on people. Check it out below…
Bernie Krause gave a TED Talk a few years ago about “The Voice of the Natural World” which is a neat little snapshot of some of his soundscape recording and its value for ecological studies. Check it out below:
An article and video on CNN came out the other day discussing the work of Bryan Pijanowski in recording the acoustic environment in the jungles of Costa Rica, and how Pijanowski is concerned about the silencing of these ecosystems over time and what they might mean for the health of ecosystems and the possible extinction of … Read more Silencing Ecosystems
I’ve been doing some more hydrophone recording recently, and I often come across sounds of water bugs in bodies of water. I started looking for some information on the internet to help me identify them, but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much clear information on the internet for identifying water bugs by their vocalisations. … Read more Freshwater Invertebrate Vocalisations
While Queanbeyan has been in the news fairly recently due to “the potential for partially treated sewage material” to flow from Queanbeyan’s water treatment plant into the Molonglo River and on into Lake Burley Griffin, there is another water quality issue in our region that really should be brought to some more people’s attention and … Read more Queanbeyan River Rubbish
I got a little time to go out for some field recording the other weekend around the Burrill Lake area (just south of Ulladulla) on the south coast of NSW, where I found a great sounding patch of frogs in the Meroo National Park. I stumbled across them almost by luck during the afternoon, and … Read more Frogs of Meroo National Park