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Researchers in Kona Coast, Hawaii discovered how loud the underwater noise pollution was during the tsunami of 2011. During the tsunami, there was no boat activity and the researchers were able to capture what the bay could sound like without noise pollution. They discovered that the bay usually experiences noise pollution that is 16 times louder than it was on the day of the tsunami. Researchers fear that this significant disruption negatively impacts spinner dolphins, who sleep during the day and hunt at night. They plan to use this information to advocate for noise pollution reduction.

Here is the link to the article.

This sonic art installation was featured at Mount Holyoke in 2014 on Skinner Green! Sun Boxes is a piece comprised of 20 speakers that are powered by individual solar panels. Each box plays a note in the B flat chord at a different length, “once the piece begins they continually overlap and the piece slowly evolves over time.”

Here is the link to the artist’s website with a youtube video of the Sun Boxes.