Why the ocean is silent?

Our recent research showed that changes caused by people, from ocean acidification to pollution, are silencing the seas' natural noises. (We're also filling the oceans with human noise). This is bad news for the species that depend on these noises to find their way.
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Why is ocean water is silent?

A recent study shows that ocean sounds are diminishing due to nutrient pollution and ocean acidification. Despite appearances, the oceans are far from silent places. If you dunk your head underwater you'll hear a cacophony of sounds from wildlife great and small, crashing waves, and even rain.
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What does it mean when the sea is quiet?

If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
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Is a sea silent or not?

The oceans are not silent. In fact, they are louder than ever. And that, scientists believe, is a problem. The creatures that dwell in the ocean make noises to communicate, find food and locate themselves in their world.
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Why is the deep sea silent?

“Light does not propagate underwater very far,” NOAA oceanographer and chief project scientist Robert Dziak told Gizmodo. “But sound waves travel long distances through the Earth's oceans. Acoustics is really the best way to get a good picture of deep ocean environments.”
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Why the ocean is getting louder



What is under the ocean?

The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, ocean floor, and ocean bottom) is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as 'seabeds'.
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How dark is the bottom of the ocean?

Such a minuscule amount of light penetrates beyond a depth of 200 meters that photosynthesis is no longer possible. The aphotic zone exists in depths below 1,000 meters. Sunlight does not penetrate to these depths and the zone is bathed in darkness.
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Is the deep ocean quiet?

The deep ocean is eerily dark, but not silent.
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Which sea called silent sea?

Publishers Weekly said, "The action seesaws from subtropical jungles to the bitter cold of the Antarctic as Juan leads his band . . . into action against a host of nefarious enemies.
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Is the ocean still in the middle?

Around 6,000 feet of ocean draining reveals most of the bottom of the ocean. However, there are still over 4,000 feet of ocean to drain, the last drop from the Marianas Trench, which sits at a depth of 10,911 meters.
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How quiet is the ocean?

Despite appearances, the oceans are far from silent places. If you dunk your head underwater you'll hear a cacophony of sounds from wildlife great and small, crashing waves, and even rain. And it's louder still for creatures attuned to these sounds. However, humans are changing these ocean soundscapes.
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What do you call when the sea is calm?

dead calm (uncountable) (nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
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Why does the sea become quiet at a certain time of the year?

Because of different climate and environmental change, the water movement will change hence it will go as low or high as per the climate change during once in a year. Explanation: Sea is a huge density of salt water which is surrounded by the world.
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Is it loud in the ocean?

The ocean has become a very noisy place. The world's seas are much louder than they were in pre-industrial times, "becoming more and more a raucous cacophony as the noise from human activity has grown louder and more prevalent," according to a study published Thursday.
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Why is the ocean blue?

The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean may also take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles in the water.
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Why the sea is salty?

Salt in the ocean comes from two sources: runoff from the land and openings in the seafloor. Rocks on land are the major source of salts dissolved in seawater. Rainwater that falls on land is slightly acidic, so it erodes rocks.
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Who made The Silent Sea?

Choi Hang-yong, who directed Netflix's latest sci-fi K-drama The Silent Sea, has opened up about the work that had gone to the series' elaborate sets. In a new behind-the-scenes featurette for the show, Choi Hang-yong, executive producer Jung Woo-sung and the series' main cast explained their experiences while on set.
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Who named Silent Sea?

2021 South Korean Netflix series The Silent Sea is named after Mare Tranquilitatis. 'Sea of Tranquility', a song by Dutch singer-songwriter Jojo León on his 2013 album Minstrel of the Moon. In the Rebuild of Evangelion films, the 7th branch of NERV (Tabgha Base) is located in the Sea of Tranquility.
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What is the story of The Silent Sea?

In an apocalyptic world without water, a team is sent to an abandoned research station on the moon to retrieve the samples left behind. This research station, Balhae, is the site of a tragic incident where all the researchers on the base died, including the sister of the protagonist Song Ji-an (Doona Bae).
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Does ocean make sounds?

Both natural and human-made sounds occur in the ocean. Natural sounds come from marine life and naturally occurring events like underwater earthquakes. Human-made sounds come from many sources, such as ships, underwater energy exploration, military sonar, and underwater construction, among others.
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What does the ocean smell like?

In low concentrations, these chemicals are described as smelling sealike, fishlike, and crablike. In really high concentrations, they come off as a harsh chemical smell, similar to iodine.
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Can you hear rain underwater?

In fact, rain falling onto water is one of the loudest sources of underwater sound, therefore we can measure oceanic rain by listening to it from below the ocean surface. How do raindrops make sound underwater? The data used in this study are available in one or more of NASA's Earth Science Data Centers.
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Why is the ocean water green?

What color is YOUR ocean? When the water looks especially green, it means there are a lot of microscopic algae (called phytoplankton) growing near the surface. Phytoplankton get energy from sunlight, just like plants do. Phytoplankton blooms commonly occur in the spring, when the days being to lengthen.
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How deep has a human been in the ocean?

It's been a record-breaking expedition in more ways than one. Vescovo's trip to the Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, back in May, was said to be the deepest manned sea dive ever recorded, at 10,927 meters (35,853 feet).
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Can humans get to the bottom of the ocean?

Only three people have ever done that, and one was a U.S. Navy submariner. In the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Guam and the Philippines, lies the Marianas Trench, also known as the Mariana Trench. At 35,814 feet below sea level, its bottom is called the Challenger Deep — the deepest point known on Earth.
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