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Translating whale sounds, embracing the ocean as a garden, and two carbon emission developments this week
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Via nationalgeographic.com
Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Translate Whale Talk
To understand the “clicks” sperm whales make to talk (stringing together a series of statements called “codas”), researchers have launched a five-year-long quest called Protect CETI. It’ll be the most comprehensive attempt …
Via https://www.dortemandrup.dk
Danish Architect Dorte Mandrup’s The Whale Visitor Center in the Arctic Circle
A few miles from the shore of Norwegian town Andenes, on the island Andøya in the Arctic Circle, a deep-sea valley (called bleiksdjupa) frequently welcomes migrating whales. Breaching the dramatic landscape near the …
Via theguardian.com
Four-Legged Whale With Hooves Fossil Discovered
A 140-foot whale fossil has been discovered off the coast of Peru, only it’s unlike any other. This particular gigantic mammal would have been able to transition between land and sea with …
Via nationalgeographic.com
New Whale Species Found in Alaska
Again proving the mysteries of the ocean are almost as overwhelming and infinite as those in space, a new species of whale has just been discovered in Alaska. When the 24-feet-long corpse …
Via news.nationalgeographic.com
Whales Are Eating Our Trash
A recent surge in whale beachings (over 30 cases in Europe so far in 2016) is causing major concern for researchers and marine biologists. Not long ago, a necropsy of a beached …
Whale Bottle Opener
$26.00
No beach house is complete without this lovable bottle opener, which brings just the right amount of function and seaside kitsch to any summer rager. Your under-the-sea friend is sure to elicit …