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Dimitri W Ponirakis

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Family, Bioacoustics, and the intersection of art and science are my happy places. https://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/dimitri-william-ponirakis/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hbYGMxUAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.cortical2digital.com/aboutMe.html

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Mapping Urban Noise: Machine Learning Reveals City Soundscapes In the sprawling urban landscapes of the United States, noise pollution often fades into the backgroundβ€”an accepted, if unwelcome, soundtrack to city life. Yet, beneath the din of honking cars, c

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Meet the blind conservationist fighting to save nature’s soundscapes | CNN In Colombia, sound recordist Juan Pablo Culasso is preserving wildlife’s rich but fading audio tapestry, and helping make nature more accessible to all.

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30.07.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Blue whales are going eerily silentβ€”and scientists say it’s a warning sign A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

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Dinosaur-age marine reptile flipper fossil could solve noise pollution A new study suggests a possible solution to ship noise pollution based on a 180-million-year-old marine reptile flipper fossil.

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24.07.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Moths Can Hear When Plants Are in Trouble and It Changes How They Lay Their Eggs Researchers find moths avoid laying eggs on plants emitting ultrasonic distress clicks.

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Dinosaurs didn’t roar like in β€˜Jurassic World’: Some could sing like birds The mystery of the sounds made by colossal extinct reptiles takes a new turn following the discovery of a fossilized larynx similar to the vocal organs of avian species

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24.07.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the movement to recognize nature as an artist Musicians have long sampled nature sounds. Now, they have a way to share credit β€” and share their royalties with conservation efforts.

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Conserving the natural world through sound Featured photograph by Drew FultonGrowing up, National Geographic Explorer Ben Mirin knew several things about himself: he loved nature, he loved music and he w...

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24.07.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zoo soundscapes could be a new frontier in bioacoustics studies Increased collaboration between zoos and sound researchers could open new frontiers in bioacoustics, according to a new paper.

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Study finds that listening to snapping shrimp is an effective tool to monitor coral reef health Underwater monitoring of high-frequency sounds produced by snapping shrimp can be an effective and inexpensive way to monitor coral reef health.

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Soundscapes to Landscapes: Monitoring Animal Biodiversity from Space Using Citizen Scientists | NASA Earthdata NASA citizen science program focused on long-term monitoring of bird diversity by combining bioacoustic data with satellite and environmental data.

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Few-shot transfer learning enables robust acoustic monitoring of wildlife communities at the landscape scale Pre-trained classifiers for bioacoustic species detection have emerged as accessible tools for conservation and automated biodiversity monitoring at s…

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Scientists make disturbing discovery at one of most remote locations on Earth: 'Increased levels of the stress hormone' The noise pollution caused by human intervention in Antarctica could be negatively affecting the well-being of local wildlife.

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29.06.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why eavesdropping on prairie dogs pays off for this bird : Short Wave Why did the ornithologist strap a taxidermy badger to a remote controlled car and drive it around the prairie? To interrogate the secret world of animal eavesdropping in the grasslands, of course! Tod...

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Creature culture: What animal behavior can teach us about saving nature Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?

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Mining the deep could mute the songs of sperm whales Exploration for deep-sea minerals in the Clarion Clipperton Zone threatens to disrupt an unexpectedly rich ecosystem of whales and dolphins. New studies have detected endangered species in the area an...

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Territorial birds rule the dawn chorus in tropical forests Birds that defend territory and eat many foods sing most at dawn, using the early hours to signal survival and coordinate in groups.

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Experts stunned after new thermal camera technology reveals unexplained behavior of orcas: 'No one would know they're there' A first-of-its-kind infrared thermal camera for tracking orca movement has been launched in Port Townsend, Washington.

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Scientists learn how dolphin brains evolved to 'see' underwater by using sound Scientists mapped dolphin and whale brains to uncover how echolocation works, revealing they may use sound more like touch than sight.

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Audio Spectrogram Transformers Beyond the Lab | Towards Data Science A recipe for building a portable soundscape monitoring app with AudioMoth, Raspberry Pi, and a decent dose of deep learning.

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Echolocation research sheds light on how whales and dolphins use sound Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the "echoic return signal" create...

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Predator Alerts Bring Together Prairie Dogs and Grassland Birds Some birds listen in on prairie dog alarm calls to learn when predators are close, according to a new study from our grassland science team.

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Study reveals why the early bird sings early New research finds that territorial behavior and diet help explain why some birds sing more often at dawn, challenging traditional theories about dawn choruses.

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37 Countries Commit to Tackling β€˜Invisible Yet Powerful Threat’ of Ocean Noise Pollution - EcoWatch At UNOC, a coalition from 37 countries launched an effort to reduce underwater noise pollution that harms marine biodiversity and ecosystems.

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The Man Who Records the Nature Sounds We Meditate To - Bay Nature A soundscape recordist is an escape artist.

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Could dinosaurs sing? Science reveals their melodious voices | Classical Music Forget those terrifying low-pitched roars – scientific research suggests that like birds, dinosaurs could sing

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Superhighways to protect migrating whales Revolutionary new platform digitally maps whale migration routes to support ocean conservation and international marine protection goals

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B.C. shipping companies agree to slow boats for killer whales The Vancouver Port Authority says several shipping companies have agreed to slow down until November to protect an endangered whale species.

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Your left and right brain hear language differently βˆ’ a neuroscientist explains how Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear βˆ’ until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.

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